City Moves for 05 February 2014 | Who’s switching jobs
Trowers & Hamlins
The law firm has announced the appointment of Simon Owen as a partner in its banking and finance division. He was most recently at Squire Sanders, where he was a partner in its banking team and head of its banking practice before the Squires merger.
Julius Baer
The private banking group has recruited Stewart Edginton has team head of discretionary specialists in its portfolio management unit. He was previously at Zurich, where he set up and ran a family office. Prior to that, Edginton held roles at Merrill Lynch and Singer and Friedlander.
Barings Asset Management
Veronique Fournier has been appointed head of Switzerland and global head of private banking at the investment company. She was formerly at Schroder Investment Management, where she was a relationship director. Before that, she held senior business development roles at Morley Fund Management (now Aviva Global Investors).
Mazars
The accountancy and advisory firm has appointed two partners to its forensic and investigation services practice. Hugh Mathew-Jones joins from PKF, where he was national head of forensic services. David Dearman specialises in complex litigation and international arbitration. He was formerly a partner at PKF.
ICAEW
Hilary Lindsay has been elected vice president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She lectures for the Open University Business School on its finance and Masters of Business Administration programmes.
Rowan Dartington
The wealth management firm has hired Andrew Snowball as business relationship director. He has over 20 years’ experience in financial services. Snowball joins from Lighthouse Group, where he was group development director.
White & Case
The law firm has announced the appointment of Inigo Esteve as a partner in its UK equity capital markets practice. He focuses on initial public offerings on the London Stock Exchange and other forms of secondary share issuances. Esteve joins from Clifford Chance, where he was a senior associate.