City Moves for 19 November 2013 | Who’s switching jobs
Knight Frank
The property company has hired Liz Crawford as an associate within its healthcare team. She was most recently at Humberts Leisure, where she was a director. Prior to that, Crawford was head of licenced and leisure at Lambert Smith Hampton.
Axa Investment Management
The investment management business has recruited Shajahan Alam as a solutions strategist. He was previously at Legal & General Investment Management, where he was a manager in its strategic investment and risk management team. Before that, Alam was a senior investment consultant at Tower Watson.
SVG Investment Managers
The specialist manager of public equity funds has appointed James Law as a global equities analyst. He joins from HgCapital, where he was a senior associate. Law has previously held various roles at Atlantic Bridge Capital, Banc of America Securities, Circle Partnership and NM Rothschild.
Allianz
Paul O’Neill, currently global head of energy at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, has been named global head of marine for Europe and Asia Pacific at the insurance company. O’Neill has over 20 years’ experience in risk engineering and underwriting.
F&C Investments
Robert Thorpe has joined the investment management firm as head of consumer. Thorpe has 25 years’ experience in financial services. He was most recently at Sarasin & Partners, where he was head of retail. He was previously head of UK retail at Cazenove Capital.
Morrison & Foerster
The law firm has announced the appointment of Howard Morris as head of its business restructuring and insolvency group in London. He was formerly at Dentons, where he was its global integration and client development partner.
DW Investment
The asset management firm has appointed Jennifer Drake as head of business development. She joins from Goldman Sachs, where she was a managing director. Prior to that, Drake was head analyst for Nomura Securities’ proprietary convertible bond portfolios.
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