City Moves for 14 October – Who’s switching jobs at Trident Resources, Mazars and Hymans Robertson?
Today’s City Moves includes Trident Resources, Mazars and Hymans Robertson
Trident Resources
Adam Davidson has been appointed director and chief executive officer of Trident Resources, the investment vehicle formed to identify, assess and acquire near term mining development and production assets. Adam joins the board of directors with over 10 years of experience in the natural resources sector and extensive mining capital markets experience across a breadth of jurisdictions and commodities. He has been a member of Resource Capital Funds’ investment team since 2014 and has previously held positions with BMO Capital Markets in metals and mining equity research and with Orica Mining Services in strategic planning. James Kelly, non-executive chairman of Trident said: “I am delighted to welcome Adam to the management team and look forward to working with him as we execute on our strategy.”
Mazars
International accounting and advisory firm Mazars has appointed Max Bark as financial services audit and assurance partner. Max joins the firm from EY, with over 20 years of experience providing audit and assurance services to a wide range of banks and financial institutions in London, New York and Buenos Aires. He is focusing upon further growing Mazars’ banking audit practice along with a strong emphasis on continuously improving audit quality. Max joins the firm as part of a wave of 10 partner appointments across the UK. Mazars senior partner, Phil Verity, said: “Max’s appointment represents the breadth of experience, entrepreneurial outlook and focus on clients to which we all aspire. We look forward to announcing further partner appointments in the coming weeks as we continue to grow and invest in talent.”
Hymans Robertson
Pensions and financial services consultancy Hymans Robertson has appointed Shirley Brown as operations leader of its third-party administration (TPA) practice. Shirley has 35 years’ experience in the industry, having worked in consultancy at PwC and then moving into business processing outsourcing. Shirley then spent 15 years with Buck Consultants in various roles and most recently served as administration consultant at Barnett Waddingham, supporting new business and other initiatives such as setting up a new pension protection fund team. Commenting on the appointment, Gary Evans, head of TPA at Hymans Robertson, said: “The team has grown by 40 per cent over the last 14 months and we are fully committed to investing both in people and technology to provide an outstanding service for our clients. I’m thrilled to welcome Shirley to the team.”
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