From Sir Mike Rake, John Dixon and Martin Wheatley’s shock departures to Apple Pay: Here’s what got us talking this week July 17, 2015 There was some golf. There was cheese (with our burgers) in London. And throughout the country's railway stations, there was a quiz that got us scratching our heads. Here's what got us talking this week 1. The City was overrun with ejecting chairs Fresh from Antony Jenkins' sacking last week, this week it was the [...]
City Moves for 05 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 4, 2015 Lloyds Bank Kash Ahmad has been appointed managing director for mid markets in Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s global transaction banking division. He previously worked at Barclays Bank for 21 years years, latterly as managing director of inward business for its global corporates division. Mayer Brown The law firm has announced the appointment of David Harrison [...]
City Moves for 10 June 2015 | Who’s switching jobs June 9, 2015 Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Adrian White has been appointed chief operating officer, commercial banking at the bank. He was previously managing director and head of SME banking. White has over 30 years’ experience in the banking industry. Rothschild Peter Hindle has been appointed director in Rothschild’s wealth management business. He joins from Credit Suisse, where [...]
City Moves for 29 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 28, 2015 EC Harris The natural and built asset design and consultancy firm has appointed James Crawley as an associate partner in its development management and consultancy team. Based in Leeds, he joins from Calderdale Council. Crawley has also held roles at Muse Developments and M&G Real Estate. OM Asset Management Trevedi Tewari has been appointed head [...]
City Moves for 11 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 10, 2015 DC Advisory The corporate finance adviser has announced the appointment of Colin Pollock as executive director in its European infrastructure team. He joins from Barclays, where he was director in the power, utilities, and infrastructure team within its investment banking division. UBS Global Asset Management The asset management firm has appointed Peter Cazalet as executive [...]
London’s philanthropists recognise the long-term value they can generate October 5, 2014 Lord mayors have been involved in philanthropy for many centuries, and my predecessors founded some of the greatest charitable ventures existing today – from schools and hospitals to water conservation and sanitation. They knew, as we do, that the sucesss of London and the UK depends on the strength and sustainability of our communities and [...]
If London didn’t have a lord mayor, it would be in our interests to invent one – City Matters October 19, 2014 What is the role of the lord mayor in the twenty-first century?” It is a common question that has been posed to me and my recent predecessors countless times. The role has come a long way since the era of four-time incumbent Richard Whittington, immortalised in pantomime. Some parts have remained the same – [...]
UK Oil and Gas timeline: June 10, 2015 The Horse Hill site is located in the Weald Basin, an area spanning Sussex, Surrey, Kent, and Hampshire, which already produces oil leading some to refer to it as Britain's Dallas. April 9: UKOG says its discovered a site near Gatwick Airport that could hold up to 100bn barrels of oil – a figures that would [...]
Perfect timing August 23, 2015 Harriet Green talks pub food, capitalism and the importance of shiny things with Watchfinder’s Lloyd Amsdon When I ask Lloyd Amsdon’s seven year-old step-daughter if she knows what an entrepreneur is, she draws a blank. It may be age-related, but there’s no reason why she would have heard the word. “I’m only an entrepreneur when I’m [...]
Tower Hamlets is broken: How City philanthropists can put it back together June 10, 2015 Tower Hamlets goes to the polls today to elect a new mayor. Whoever takes charge from Friday will inherit a rotten borough, hollowed out by the behaviour of the previous administration. Former mayor Lutfur Rahman was kicked out of office in April after an electoral court found him guilty of electoral fraud. The bitter irony [...]