City Moves for 02 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 1, 2014 Buck Consultants Celene Lee has been appointed senior investment consultant at the HR consultancy. She has 15 years’ experience advising companies and trustees on pension scheme investment and financing, and has previously held positions at PwC and Barrie & Hibbert. The Pensions Trust The workplace pension fund has appointed Mike Ramsey as chief executive. He [...]
City Moves for 18 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs August 17, 2014 CWPA City and Westminster Property Associations announced the appointment of a new executive director, Charles Begley, who will take up his post in October. An ex-journalist and comms expert, he is a senior partner at TTA Property, part of The Good Relations Group and the specialist corporate, consumer and stakeholder real estate arm of top [...]
Land Securities sells its stake in Bristol’s Cabot Circus for £270m August 13, 2014 LAND Securities has sold its 50 per cent stake in Bristol shopping centre Cabot Circus to Axa Real Estate in a £267.8m deal. Cabot Circus, home to more than 140 shops and restaurants, was developed by Land Securities in partnership with Hammerson, which is retaining its stake. It was hailed as Bristol’s largest city centre [...]
Land Securities Group sells off 50 per cent stake in Bristol shopping centre for £268m August 13, 2014 Land Securities Group, the owner of the Walkie Talkie building, has sold off a 50 per cent stake in a Bristol shopping centre for £267.8m. The UK’s largest property company has sold half of its stake in Cabot Circus and Quakers Friars, a joint venture with Hammerson, to AXA Real Estate as it reshapes its [...]
City Moves for 07 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs August 6, 2014 Bovill Neil Walkling has been appointed consultant in the financial services regulatory consultancy’s wealth management and banking team. He joins from EY, where he was a senior manager in its regulatory practice. Walkling has also held senior roles at Sesame and the FSA. Henderson Global Investors John Harrison has been appointed director, multi-asset at the [...]
City Moves for 31 July 2014 | Who’s switching jobs July 30, 2014 BJSS The IT consultancy has announced the appointment of Grant Thomas as head of practice. He joins from Barclaycard, where he was head of business change. Thomas has also previously held senior roles at IBM, PwC, and Accenture. Nikko Asset Management Stefanie Drews has been appointed global head of institutional marketing and proposition at the [...]
City Moves for 28 July 2014 | Who’s switching jobs July 27, 2014 Keystone Law Residential and agricultural lawyer Penny Gladman is joining the law firm’s private client and property teams. She was a partner at Lodders Solicitors, and is a member of the Agricultural Law Association and the Country Land and Business Association. British Council for Offices Colette O’Shea has been appointed president of the membership organisation. [...]
Wonga appoints former boss of RSA as chair to lead turnaround July 14, 2014 Payday lender Wonga yesterday named former RSA Insurance group chief executive Andy Haste as chairman, who vowed to keep the company in line with tougher rules being imposed the loans industry. Haste replaces former chair and co-founder Errol Damelin, who announced his departure last month. Wonga and other short-term lenders have come under [...]
City Moves for 14 July 2014 | Who’s switching jobs July 14, 2014 FM Global The insurer has promoted current executive vice president Thomas A Lawson to president. He will succeed Shivan S Subramaniam, effective 1 January 2015. Lawson joined the firm in 1979, and was appointed to his current position in 2009. Axa Investment Managers Deborah Shire has been appointed head of structured finance at the asset [...]
City Moves for 04 July 2014 | Who’s switching jobs July 3, 2014 Saffron Tax Partners The tax partnership has appointed Nicholas Hughes as partner. He qualified as a solicitor in 1984, and was previously a partner at BDO. Hughes is also a former director at the Chiltern Group, and advises private clients in relation to trust and estate planning matters. Invesco Perpetual The investment manager has announced [...]