WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 25, 2012 Drivers Jonas Deloitte The provider of property consultancy services has announced that Jeremy Castle has joined as director in its planning team. Castle most recently spent four years leading planning strategy at Battersea Power Station as planning director of Treasury Holdings. He has also previously worked at Legal & General. In addition, Nigel Hawkey arrives [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS March 21, 2012 Ashurst The leading international law firm has announced that James Collins has been appointed as managing partner, with effect from 1 May 2012. Collins trained at Ashurst and became partner in 2005. He is currently a banking partner in Paris, with particular expertise in cross-border acquisition finance and restructuring transactions. He succeeds Simon Bromwich, who [...]
JOBS of the WEEK March 14, 2012 Litigation solicitor Central London £70k-£90k An international law firm needs a litigation and dispute management solicitor to join its offices in London. The successful applicant will have extensive experience, acquired at a recognised City practice. www.cityamcareers.com/job/6991 Compliance director Central London £80k-£100k, plus bonus A leading global services company needs an experienced compliance professional to provide [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 10, 2011 Man Group Man Group, Europe’s largest hedge-fund, has appointed Nina Shapiro as non-executive director. Shapiro previously held senior roles within the World Bank and was Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of the International Finance Corporate from 2000 to 2011. After joining the World Bank in 1978, Shapiro held posts including director of project finance and also [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS February 3, 2011 Savoy Investment Management The wealth management subsidiary of Syndicate Asset Management has hired James Bowles (pictured). Bowles will be responsible for providing tailored services for the north west of England. He was formerly with Anglo Irish Bank, where he had a similar regional brief, and Levi Solicitors in Yorkshire. The firm specialises in portfolios invested [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS February 21, 2010 PricewaterhouseCoopers The accountancy giant has taken on banking veteran Martin Allison as a director to head up its debt advisory services team in the North. Allison started his career at NatWest before working his way up the ladder to become head of international banking services at RBS until 2008. He has recently pursued a more [...]
City Moves who’s switching jobs September 7, 2009 ActantLars Hjaltman has joined the exchange trading solutions firm as head of development, based in the UK but operating in the firm’s major markets across Europe and the US. Hjaltman has over 20 years of experience in technology and software development, having most recently been chief operating officer of Electronic Shipping Solutions. He has also [...]
The beautiful game? It’s nothing without lawyers August 18, 2009 IT is hard to imagine the chant of “we love lawyers” rolling down the Kop, but as another season kicks off, football may be surprised to know that it owes the legal profession a considerable debt. It was a solicitor, Ebenezer Cobb Morley, who had the idea to form an organisation that became the Football [...]