City Moves for 06 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 5, 2015 Stanhope Capital The investment office has announced the appointment of Charles Mesquita as a senior director in its charity team. He has over 25 years’ investment experience, and has previously held positions at Newton Investment Management and Rensburg Sheppards (now Investec). Simmons & Simmons Matthew Pitman has been promoted to partner at the law firm. Based [...]
City Moves for 19 November 2014 | Who’s switching jobs November 18, 2014 Quinn Emanuel The business litigation firm has announced the appointment of Nick Marsh as a partner in its London office. A commercial litigator and international arbitration specialist, he joins from DLA Piper, where he was a member of its dispute resolution group. Morningstar Jeremy Beckwith has been appointed director of manager research in the UK [...]
City Moves for 10 December 2014 | Who’s switching jobs December 9, 2014 Lambert Smith Hampton The commercial property consultancy has appointed Kenneth Hogg as a director in its London valuation team. He has 24 years’ experience in commercial property, and joins from Davis Coffer Lyons. TSB Craig Bundell has been appointed head of credit cards at the bank. He joins from Mastercard, where he held the position [...]
City Moves for 12 December 2014 | Who’s switching jobs December 11, 2014 Castle Harbour The financial services firm has appointed Eric Daniel to co-manage a new convertible bond fund. Daniel was formerly head of equity derivatives and convertible bond sales at Citigroup in Paris. He will run the Castle Harbour R&D Pure Global Convertibles Fund. Canaccord Genuity Nishad Vallonthaiel has been appointed head of electronic and programme [...]
City Moves for 12 November 2014 | Who’s switching jobs November 11, 2014 Kames Capital Craig Bonthron has been appointed investment manager in the investment management firm’s global equity team. He joins from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, where he was an investment director and joint manager of the Swip Global Sustainability Equity and Global Islamic Equity funds. Herbert Smith Freehills James Palmer has been appointed senior partner and [...]
City Moves for 1 October 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 30, 2014 JLL The real estate-focused professional services firm has appointed Virginia Rothwell as UK HR director. She has previously worked as group HR director at Phoenix and Tribal Group, and has also held senior positions at BT. Rothschild Group Trevor Manuel has been appointed senior adviser to the financial advisory group worldwide and deputy chairman of [...]
City Moves for 12 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 11, 2014 Lend Lease The property and infrastructure group has appointed Paul King as managing director of sustainability for its European region. He will join in February 2015 from the UK Green Building Council, where he is chief executive. Zeus Capital Adam Pollock has been appointed head of corporate broking at the investment bank. He joins from [...]
City Moves for 29 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 28, 2014 Deloitte The business advisory firm has announced two appointments to its hedge fund practice. Chris Farkas (pictured) joins as UK hedge fund leader. He was European head of hedge fund consulting in Deutsche Bank’s prime brokerage group, and has also held senior roles at GlobeOp and Goldman Sachs. Brian Forrester, a partner with Deloitte in [...]
Risk of mega-fines holds back RBS privatisation October 21, 2014 Bailed-out bank RBS is almost ready to be privatised, but the risk of major fines is stopping a large scale share sale, UK Financial Investments’ (UKFI) bosses told MPs yesterday. The government still owns 80 per cent of the bank and has yet to begin selling up – in contrast with Lloyds, where it has [...]
City Moves for 25 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 24, 2014 ES Group The property and asset consultancy has appointed two new equity partners. Richard Corby joined in 2004 and heads up its Leeds office. Roland Cramp (pictured) joined as a graduate in 1989, and heads up the machinery and business assets team in London. Korn Ferry The executive search firm has appointed Max Landsberg as [...]