WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS
Brooks Macdonald
The private client investment manager has announced the appointment of Justin Woolf to its intermediary sales team. He joins as an intermediary sales manager from Zurich Intermediary Group, where he was a senior broker consultant. Woolf has over 15 years’ experience in the financial services industry.
Thomas Miller Investment
The investment management firm has appointed John Bearman as chief investment officer. He has over 25 years of fund management experience, and was most recently chief investment officer for Santander Asset Management in the UK. He has also previously served as head of UK equities at Insight Investment.
SWIP
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has appointed Ian Marsh as head of marketing. He will report to Francis Ghiloni, director of distribution and client management. Marsh joins from BlackRock, where he was managing director, head of marketing communications Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has previously held senior roles at iShares, E-ON, Sony Ericsson and Vodafone.
Stanford Resourcing
The legal and compliance search firm has appointed David Carberry to lead its compliance practice area. Carberry joins from Hutton Consulting, the financial services executive search firm. His hire forms part of Stanford’s growth strategy into Hong Kong and Dubai.
Cordea Savills
Esther Lewis has been appointed as associate director of institutional business at the international property investment manager. She joins from Future Capital Partners and has previously held roles at Circle, the healthcare partnership, Unicorn Investments, the investment boutique, and PwC.
Saffery Champness
James Hender has been appointed as partner in the accountancy firm’s London office. He will join its private wealth and estates group from Smith & Williamson, where he spent nine years advising high net worth clients.
Mercer
The human resource consultancy has appointed Daniel Hibbert as principal to develop its pay and reward consulting services for the UK’s public sector. Hibbert joined the firm in March 2012 from PwC, where he held the post of director. He has over 15 years’ experience advising organisations on all aspects of reward management.