City Moves for 12 February 2015 | Who’s switching jobs February 11, 2015 Lloyds Bank Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has announced the appointment of Christopher Sood-Nicholls as managing director. He joined in 2000, and has since held management roles in IT operations, executive management and corporate development at the bank. BlackRock The investment management firm has appointed Deborah Winshel to lead its impact investing platform. She was formerly [...]
A class of her own: Anthemis founder Amy Nauiokas talks gender and the future of banks May 10, 2015 What makes someone exceptional? Being chief executive of Barclays Stockbrokers by 34? Heading up four major departments at Cantor Fitzgerald in the wake of 9/11? Or setting up and running both a digital financial services investment and advisory firm and a media production company? These are just the highlights of Anthemis and Archer Gray founder [...]
Alix Partners swoops for Zolfo Cooper’s European operations February 15, 2015 US advisory firm Alix Partners is on the verge of agreeing a deal worth just under $100m (£65m) to buy the UK and European division arm of rival Zolfo Cooper, it emerged yesterday. The New York-based Alix Partners had booked a board meeting for yesterday to approve the deal, which could be completed as early [...]
City Moves for 27 March 2015 | Who’s switching jobs March 26, 2015 Northern Trust David Burnett has been appointed head of hedge fund services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at the financial services firm. He joined Northern Trust in 2011 as head of relationship management, EMEA. Burnett has also held positions at Omnium and Citadel Investment Group. Salamanca Group The merchant banking and operational [...]
Chinese SME incubator fund to float on Aim January 26, 2015 GRAND Group Investment, a late-stage incubator fund that invests in Chinese small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), today announced its intention to float on London’s Alternative Investment Market (Aim). The Cayman-Islands-headquartered company is looking to raise £7.1m from the share placing, which is expected to kick off tomorrow. The placing is forecast to give the firm [...]
City Moves for 13 February 2015 | Who’s switching jobs February 12, 2015 Institute of Directors Lady Barbara Judge CBE has been appointed as the new chair of the IoD. A trained commercial lawyer, she is currently chair of the Pension Protect Fund and the Energy Institute of UCL, as well as non-executive director of Portmeirion Group. Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Lucy Barton has been appointed as a [...]
City Moves for 16 February 2015 | Who’s switching jobs February 15, 2015 GE Capital Isabel Fernandez has been named chief commercial officer of the financial services unit of General Electric. Fernandez has been with the firm since 2000. Prior to starting with GE Capital, she was vice president of Project Finance at ABN Ambro Bank. Mediobanca The Italian-based bank has appointed Felipe De Grado as managing director [...]
City Matters: Yes Britain is an island nation – but we mustn’t romanticise leaving the EU August 10, 2014 SCARCELY a week has gone by in the last couple of years without a report being launched that explores the merits of remaining in the EU, or without a politician making an intervention. And as the debate has raged, the political and personal arguments have been conflated with the economic. It is unsurprising, therefore, that [...]
Boris Johnson’s mini-Manhattan in Old Oak Common: Why we must speak up for local housing needs February 11, 2015 London’s population is at an all-time high. By 2020, we will have over 9m people living in our city; 10m by 2030. So it is essential that we plan for the growing needs of the capital. London needs a transport system fit for the 21st century. We need a thriving jobs market built on secure, [...]
Balfour Beatty developing the Olympic Village March 2, 2015 BUILDER Balfour Beatty will move into property development with a deal to construct 1,500 homes at two new neighbourhoods at the Olympic Village site. Balfour has agreed to put in half of the equity required to complete the project – about £35m – and carry out the building work, which is expected to generate £400m [...]