City Moves for 29 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs
Colliers International
The commercial real estate services firm has announced the appointment of James Evans as an associate director in its national investment team. He joins after six years at JLL, where he initially worked in King Sturge’s special projects and European valuation teams and then in the M&A team.
F&C Investments
The investment firm has announced two senior appointments to its global rates and money markets team. Sujay Shah has joined as a director to focus on global and UK bond portfolios. He most recently worked at Goldman Sachs, and has also held roles in the markets division at the Bank of England. Paul Robinson has joined as a director to focus on short duration interest rate strategies and money markets. He has previously held roles at Icap and JP Morgan.
Capita Financial Software
Stuart Carmichael has been appointed head of proposition at the financial services software firm. He joins from Wesleyan Assurance Society. Carmichael has nearly 20 years’ experience in financial services, and has also held roles at Friends Provident and Friends Provident International.
Direct Line Insurance
Sebastian James has been appointed non-executive director at the insurance firm. He is group chief executive of Dixons Carphone, and was group chief executive of Dixons Retail prior to its merger with Carphone Warehouse Group in August 2014. James has also served as chief executive of Synergy Insurance Services and strategy director of Mothercare.
Renaissance Capital
The emerging and frontier markets investment bank has appointed Ryan Ayache as senior banking analyst in its Middle East and North Africa-focused equity research team. He joins from Deutsche Bank, where he worked in its Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa team in the United Arab Emirates. Ayache has also held roles at CA Cheuvreux Middle East.
Bovis Homes
Dr Christine Browne has been appointed non-executive director at the housebuilding company. She is currently chief operating officer, aviation at TUI Travel, and has over 25 years’ experience in the travel sector. She will sit on the nomination committee, the remuneration committee and the audit committee at Bovis.
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