Fired-up Sarries aiming to heal last year’s scars January 23, 2014 WITH Saracens’ three heartaches last season still fresh in the memory, lock Mouritz Botha insists everyone at the club is determined to ensure history does not repeat itself – starting with the LV= Cup. Despite promising so much, Sarries finished empty handed last term, losing at the semi-final stage of the Aviva Premiership, Heineken and [...]
City Moves for 21 January 2014 | Who’s switching jobs January 20, 2014 PwC The professional services firm has hired Daniel Windhaus as a partner in its working capital team. He has over 15 years’ industry experience. Windaus formerly held roles at REL Consultancy and Alvarez & Marsal. Lambert Smith Hampton The commercial property consultancy has recruited Jonathan King as head of corporate advisory. King was most recently at [...]
Last gasp Quins qualify January 19, 2014 HARLEQUINS director of rugby Conor O’Shea insists his side are already looking forward to a European quarter-final after they ended their Heineken Cup campaign with victory at the Scarlets. The Welsh side led 20-19 with seconds remaining after tries from Gareth Davies, Aaron Shingler and Scott Williams, but a last-gasp penalty from Ben Botica proved [...]
Strettle backs Saracens to come out on top in all or nothing clash January 16, 2014 SARACENS winger David Strettle is confident the Londoners will bounce back from last weekend’s Heineken Cup defeat to Toulouse in tomorrow’s winner-takes-all home clash with Connacht. The victor at Allianz Park can reach the knockout stages as best runner-up, though Sarries’ chance of a home quarter-final was ended with last weekend’s 21-11 defeat in the [...]
City Moves for 14 January 2014 | Who’s switching jobs January 13, 2014 Saxo Bank The online trading and investment provider has announced the appointment of Matteo Cassina as global head of institutional business. He was formerly head of total trader at Merrill Lynch, and president of Citadel Execution Services. BNP Paribas Real Estate The real estate investment firm has recruited Simon Bailey as chief operating officer. He has [...]
Heineken Cup hopes hanging in the balance for off-colour Sarries January 12, 2014 SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall is eyeing victory against Connacht next weekend in order to restore his side’s reputation among Europe’s elite following yesterday’s 21-11 Heineken Cup defeat to Toulouse. The Aviva Premiership leaders trailed 12-8 at the break as Chris Ashton’s unconverted try and an Owen Farrell penalty was trumped by four Jean-Marc [...]
Goode calls on Sarries to clear mental hurdle January 9, 2014 SARACENS full-back Alex Goode insists his team-mates must overcome a mental barrier to beat Toulouse in Sunday’s crucial Heineken Cup clash. The French side, four-times champions of Europe, emerged with a narrow 17-16 win when the top two teams in Pool 3 met at Wembley in October. And Goode feels a full 80-minute performance from [...]
City Moves for 8 January 2014 | Who’s switching jobs January 7, 2014 Markel The insurance company has announced the appointment of Maren Modena as a senior risk analyst in its trade credit division. She was most recently at Euler Hermes UK, where she worked for nine years as a senior risk underwriter. Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management The asset and wealth management business has recruited Michael Lee as [...]
The Queen’s list honours the City January 5, 2014 THE NEW Year’s Honours List of OBEs, CBEs, Knighthoods and everything in-between contains more decorations than Claridge’s Christmas Tree, and this year the City had a number of notable inclusions. Former Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker got a knighthood, as did former Lord Mayor Roger Gifford, while chair of Land Securities, Alison Carnwath, [...]
Smith hopeful O’Connor will stay with Irish January 5, 2014 LONDON Irish director of rugby Brian Smith intends to pull out all the stops to keep hold of full-back James O’Connor after the Australian’s latest masterclass. O’Connor scored his first Exiles try and kicked 17 points in Saturday’s 22-9 triumph over Worcester Warriors. The 23-year-old joined the club in October and while he is already [...]