Something for the weekend March 12, 2015 LEARN! FUTURE FEST This weekend will see a series of speeches and performances addressing the future and our place in it. The schedule will include talks from Edward Snowdon (via web-link, of course), Vivienne Westwood and Jon Ronson. Weekend tickets cost £80. futurefest.org WATCH! BACKYARD CINEMA Backyard cinema is literally going up in the world, [...]
City Moves for 22 April 2015 | Who’s switching jobs April 21, 2015 HFG The specialist insurance recruiter has appointed Stewart Taylor as head of business and market development. He was founder of insurance search firm Hermes People, and also previously spent 10 years at McGregor Boyall as director of its banking and capital markets division. BDO Nicole Martin has been appointed audit partner in the accountancy and [...]
Lawyers demand further clarity on FCA’s check-up on bankers March 16, 2015 Investment banks will have to assess the fitness of their traders to work every year, under rules unveiled by the City watchdog yesterday. But lawyers fear the guidelines are not yet clear, since the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has not decided who counts as a “trader” at a bank. The certification regime will apply to [...]
City Moves for 16 April 2015 | Who’s switching jobs April 15, 2015 Ashurst The law firm has appointed Sarah Morton-Ramwell as global pro bono partner. She joins from Reed Smith, where she was responsible for its pro bono and corporate responsibility projects in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Old Mutual Global Investors The asset management firm has appointed David Cameron-Mowat as UK equity analyst. He joins [...]
Oscars 2015 on The Red Carpet February 23, 2015 HOLLYWOOD rolled out the red carpet for the British last night, as the UK film industry won a starring role at the 87th Academy Awards. Nominees for the annual film awards included a larger-than-usual roll call of British talent, such as Eddie Redmayne (seen left with wife Hannah Bagshawe) and Benedict Cumberbatch, competing for the [...]
City Moves for 13 April 2015 | Who’s switching jobs April 12, 2015 Cunningham Lindsey The claims management and third party administration services provider has appointed Mark Thompson as global head of major and complex loss, and chief executive of Cunningham Lindsey International. He has over 20 years’ experience managing loss adjusting and insurance forensic accounting. LME The London Metal Exchange has appointed Andrew Dodsworth as head of [...]
City Moves for 09 April 2015 | Who’s switching jobs April 8, 2015 Lambert Smith Hampton The commercial property consultancy has promoted Sean Brew to lead its London team, following its acquisition of ES Group last month. He joined in 2011 from DTZ to head Lambert Smith Hampton’s national property and asset management team. M&G Real Estate Kerry Williams has been appointed retail investment director at M&G’s real [...]
City Moves for 02 February 2015 | Who’s switching jobs February 1, 2015 EY Kate Richardson-Walsh has been appointed to EY’s business development team in London. She is a triple Olympian, and has been the captain of England and Great Britain hockey for the past 11 years. She will take up the role while training for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Investec Specialist Bank The bank has announced [...]
BAFTA 2015: The winners are… February 8, 2015 Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore claimed the awards for leading actor and actress last night at the BAFTAs, Britain’s film industry awards. Redmayne played Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything, which also picked up the gong for outstanding British film. Moore won for her role in Still Alice. Boyhood was named best film [...]
City Moves for 27 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 26, 2015 Linklaters Nicola Rabson (pictured) has been appointed global head of the law firm’s employment and incentives practice. She succeeds Ruth Goldman, who will remain global head of Linklaters’ pensions teams. Rabson has extensive experience in all areas of employment law. British Business Bank Christopher Fox has been appointed chief financial officer at the bank for [...]