City Moves for 19 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

KPMG
The professional services firm has appointed Steve Labrum as financial services transfer pricing partner. He was previously global head of transfer pricing at Alvarez and Marsal, and has also held senior positions at EY, Deloitte and PwC.

JP Morgan Private Bank
Edward Novis has been appointed as an executive director and senior investor for the private bank’s endowments and foundations group in the UK. He joins from JO Hambro Investment Management, where he was a portfolio manager for European equities and multi asset class charities mandates. Novis has also held roles at Marble Bar Asset Management, Morgan Stanley and Cazenove.

City Financial
The asset management firm has appointed Chris Coombe as chief financial officer. He has previously worked as chief financial officer at Fidelity Worldwide Investment and group financial controller at Schroders in the UK. Coombe has also held roles at Prudential Securities and Morgan Stanley.

Towers Watson
Craig Baker has been appointed to the new role of global chief investment officer at the professional services firm. In addition, Chris Mansi has been appointed global chief investment officer for delegated clients. Baker and Mansi have worked in the Towers Watson Investment business for 20 and 15 years respectively.

Electra Partners
The private equity fund manager has promoted Alex Cooper-Evans to partner and Ian Wood to investment director. Cooper-Evans joined Electra Partners in 2006 as an investment partner. Wood joined in 2012 as an investment manager, having previously worked at GCP Capital and Silverfleet Capital

Elborne Mitchell
Russell Carmedy has been appointed partner at the law firm. He joins from Proskauer, where he was a partner in its global transactional and private equity practices. Carmedy was also previously partner-in-charge of Jones Day’s London office.

AFEX
Mario Pisano has been appointed head of global treasury at the global payment and risk management solutions firm. Based in London, he has previously worked at Travelex, Reebok Europe, Premier Foods, and Volex.