City Moves for 27 February 2014 | Who’s switching jobs
Royal London Group
The mutual life and pensions company has announced the appointment of Tim Harris as a finance director and member of its board. He joins from Torus, where he is currently group chief finance officer. Harris has previously held senior finance roles at Aviva and PwC.
Ince
The law firm has appointed Hugh O’Donovan as head of commercial aviation. He joins Ince from Quadrant Chambers, where he practised as a barrister. O’Donovan was previously a partner and head of aviation regulatory and commercial at Richards Butler, and a partner at Denton Wilde Sapte. He has also held roles at Knapp-Fishers.
Moorgate Communications
Thomas Morris has been appointed managing director at the financial PR company. He joined in 2010 from Oxigen II. In addition, Samantha Smith has been promoted to senior account director. A former editor with Random House, Smith has worked at Moorgate for three years.
Jones Lang LaSalle
The real estate services company has announced the appointment of Niall Canning as a director in its hotels and hospitality team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in its project management service line. He was previously at GVA Second London Wall Property Consultants, where he spent three years in its hotels division. Prior to that, he held roles at Bruce Shaw Group.
USS
The investment management firm has hired Kathryn Graham as head of strategy coordination. She joins from BT Pension Scheme Management, where she was a director and head of special projects.
Inmarsat
Tony Bates has joined the communications services company as an executive director and chief financial officer. He was most recently at Hibu, where he was group chief financial officer. Before that, Bates held senior management roles at Colt Group and EMI Group.
Epi-V
The specialist investor in oil and gas services has appointed Nabeel Siddiqui as an investment principal in its London office. He specialises in cross-border mergers and acquisitions for oilfield technology services, and was previously senior vice president of the US arm of DnB NOR Markets.