CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS
Commonwealth Business Council
Sir Alan Collins, the UK Olympics ambassador who helped win the Games for London in 2012, has been appointed as director general of the Commonwealth Business Council, the Commonwealth’s agency for promoting trade and investment. He will replace founding director general Dr Mohan Kaul in April. Sir Alan served as ambassador to the Philippines and as British high commissioner to Singapore before taking up the role of director general, trade and investment USA and consul general New York.
Montagu Evans
Steve Thomas has been appointed as managing partner following the resignation of Clive Riding, who will become property director of Native Land on 1 June. Riding joined Montagu Evans in 1993 and has been on the partnership’s managing committee for 16 years.
Jones Day
The law firm has expanded its Dubai office by hiring Duane Keighran, who specialises in real estate projects across the Middle East and North Africa.
Robert W Baird
Paul Bail has joined the wealth management firm as a managing director in London. He moves from Investec to lead the debt advisory offering in Europe.
Baring AM
Baring Asset Management has expanded its equities team by hiring Enakshi Roy as investment manager, Latin American equities. Roy joins Barings from Hermes, where she was associate director, global emerging markets.
SkyePharma
Axel Mueller has resigned as chief executive and a director of SkyePharma to pursue other interests. Peter Grant, who has been chief financial officer since November 2006, becomes CEO in his place, retaining responsibility for the group’s financial matters.
ArchCoal
The US-based coal firm has announced its sales team ahead of its European office opening on 1 March. Alexander Newman is VP international, thermal coal sales, Europe, and Wyn Davis is VP of international metallurgical coal sales, Europe. They join from Noble Group and Anglo American respectively.
PuriCore
The life sciences company has appointed Michael Ashton as an independent non-executive director. Ashton has held top positions at Purepac, Faulding, SkyePharma and LMA.
ICAS
Jann Brown, finance director of Cairn Energy, has been elected as junior vice-president of ICAS. She will succeed current vice presidents Sir David Tweedie and Brendan Nelson to become ICAS president in April 2014.