City Moves for 22 March – who’s switching jobs at Rabobank, Legal & General and Exterion Media?
Who’s on the move?
Rabobank
Rabobank, the global food, beverage and agribusiness bank, has appointed Thomas Levin as senior coverage banker in its global corporate clients team, based in London. Thomas brings more than 13 years of experience in corporate and investment banking. He joins from Mizuho Bank where he was responsible for originating M&A advisory and financing deals, developing debt and equity finance solutions and broad corporate finance needs for a portfolio of clients and prospects in the food, consumer and leisure sectors.
Prior to Mizuho, Thomas spent seven years in M&A investment banking with McQueen, UBS and Investec. He previously qualified as a corporate solicitor with Linklaters and holds an executive MBA from London Business School. At Rabobank, he will be responsible for delivering banking and funding solutions to an established portfolio of clients and prospects across the beverages, food-service and animal protein sectors, working closely with the wider global corporate clients team. Tamira Treffers-Herrera, chief executive Europe, said: “Thomas has an impressive track record in the food and beverages space… He is an excellent fit for the team here at Rabobank.”
Legal & General
Legal & General has appointed Steve Ellis chief executive of Legal & General Retail Retirement Living Solutions. This new role reflects Legal & General’s commitment to tackling the challenges facing customers financing and living in retirement in the UK. Claire Singleton, currently chief executive of Legal & General’s Mature Savings business, will succeed Steve Ellis as chief executive of Legal & General Home Finance. Steve and Claire will report to Chris Knight, chief executive of Legal & General Retail Retirement. Steve will start his new role at the beginning of April and Claire will take up her post at the end of the year after completion of the transfer of the mature savings business to ReAssure, part of the Swiss Re Group.
Exterion Media
Exterion Media, one of Europe’s leading out-of-home companies, has appointed Bob Strawbridge as head of rail, signalling the media owner’s ongoing commitment to driving commercial growth in the rail industry. Bob will work closely with Exterion’s rail franchise partners and will be responsible for productising Exterion’s rail offering, by combining unique first party data, packaging and pricing to bring client-focused solutions to market. He will work alongside Colin McAlinden, head of bus, and Cedric Rouse, head of digital, in the product strategy team, reporting to Andrea Marsh, product strategy director. Strawbridge joins from Strawbridge Consulting, a sales and marketing consultancy which he set up in 2016.