CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS
Artesian Solutions
Dr Steve Garnett has been appointed chairman of the brand surveillance software firm. He is currently chairman, Europe at salesforce.com. Garnett started his career at Oracle, prior to its initial public offering, where he was director of UK sales and vice president of European marketing and alliances. He has also served as vice president, Europe at Siebel Systems.
Horizon Cash Management
The investment advisory firm has appointed Michael Markowitz as its chief investment officer. He is currently executive vice president and partner. Before joining Horizon he was managing director and head of short duration fixed income at Guggenheim Partners. He has also served as managing director at UBS Global Asset Management.
Harmonic Capital
Per Ivarsson has been appointed as a partner at the quantitative hedge fund manager. He has worked for Harmonic since 2007. Ivarsson has previously held positions at online retailer Ocado, where he developed optimisation algorithms to increase the efficiency of customer deliveries in the UK. He is an engineering physics graduate of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Bluewater Bio
The water treatment technology firm has appointed Jeff Garwood and Earl Jones to its advisory board. Garwood and Jones are both partners of Liberation Capital, the private equity fund specialising in project finance for renewable energy and water solutions. They are also both former employees of GE Water & Process Technologies.
Ingenious Media
The investor and adviser in the media, entertainment and digital sectors has announced the recruitment of two corporate financiers. David Brooks and Toby Ramsden join from Ibis Capital, the specialist investment and advisory firm. Brooks will become co-head of corporate finance. Ramsden has over 10 years of experience in media corporate finance and has held positions at Schroders and Longacre.
Simmons & Simmons
Robert Koller has been appointed as a finance partner in the law firm’s Frankfurt office. Koller is a debt capital markets and financial regulatory lawyer and he joins from Clifford Chance’s Frankfurt offices. He has previously practised in both Gibraltar and Madrid, and has also worked for the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hamptons International
The residential agency has appointed Olivia Charsley to the position of account manager in its corporate and relocations services department. She was previously a client services consultant at Hamptons.