CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS
Berwin Leighton Paisner
BLP has hired Linklaters’ former global corporate head David Barnes to its City corporate team. Barnes will join next month as a partner in the firm’s London corporate group after retiring from Linklaters last summer.
Barnes left the magic circle firm after standing as one of five candidates for the senior partner role in early 2011. He retired after 36 years at the firm, 26 of them as a partner. His key clients there included BT, HSBC and Sainsbury’s.
DLA Piper
The law firm yesterday made intellectual property lawyer and patent specialist Robynne Sanders a partner. Sanders was most recently a director of Watermark Intellectual Property Lawyers and joins DLA Piper’s Melbourne office.
Anesco
The renewable energy solutions firm has appointed Steve Shine OBE as chairman. Shine, who was awarded an OBE in June 2010 for his services to the energy and water industry, will be standing down from his role as chief operating officer at Thames Water at the end of March.
Interim Partners
Interim Partners, which provides interim managers to the private sector, has appointed Charles Geoghegan as head of banking in its financial services team. He will be working with new and existing retail and commercial banking clients, including HSBC, Virgin Money, RBS, and One Savings Bank, along with the Financial Services Authority and the Bank of England. His career has included positions at Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Albemarle Interim Management.
Vestra Wealth
Independent wealth management firm Vestra Wealth has hired Jacqueline Crawley and Miles Berryman as investment managers. Both join the London office from BNP Paribas. Crawley was most recently a senior wealth manager, with client portfolios of over £300m. Berryman has over 20 years’ experience in private client wealth management.
Graydon UK
Commercial credit reference agency Graydon UK has appointed Alexander Schwendtner as managing director. Schwendtner joins the firm from Stream Live Limited. Prior to that he was product development director for Emap.
Cazenove Capital
James Gladstone has been hired as director of financial planning. He will report to David Austin, head of financial planning. Gladstone was head of UK financial planning and an executive director at UBS Wealth Management.