City Moves for 20 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 19, 2015 HSBC David Phythian has been appointed head of corporate real estate for the bank in the UK. He joined HSBC in 2006 and was head of its London corporate real estate office. Phythian has also held roles at UCB Bank, the United Bank of Kuwait, and a number of private property companies. Square Mile Investment [...]
City Moves for 09 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 8, 2015 Savills Matt McCue has been appointed out of town retail director at the real estate services provider. He has over 17 years’ experience in the industry, and joins from CBRE. He will continue to work with both landlord and retail clients at Savills. BNY Mellon The investment company’s wealth management business has appointed Yolande Escher [...]
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 [...]
Royalty comes to the City but did the Duke sit on the non-Royal privy? July 16, 2014 We had a royal visitor in the City yesterday as the Duke of Edinburgh headed to Fishmongers’ Hall to congratulate the winner of the annual Race for Doggett’s Coat and Badge. The race is thought to be the world’s longest running annual sporting event (next year it’ll celebrate 300 years) and sees six [...]
City Matters: City Giving: Why you don’t need to be rich to be involved in philanthropy July 6, 2014 IN A slight diversion from my usual working day, I will be spending a good portion of this Friday judging cupcakes. Why? For the first ever City’s Giving Day. This inaugural event will showcase a whole spectrum of opportunities to get involved in giving – in addition to cupcake competitions and sponsored swims. The philanthropic [...]
City Moves for 28 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 27, 2015 Hamlins The law firm has announced the appointment of Charles Bezzant as partner. He will be heading up its real estate finance team, and joins from Reed Smith, where he qualified in 2000. Bezzant’s practice covers all finance aspects of property investment and development transactions. RBC Global Asset Management Royal Bank of Canada’s asset management [...]
Business received more than it hoped for in this year’s Autumn Statement December 7, 2014 It may not be as exciting as an iPad or as romantic as jewellery, but George Osborne’s Autumn Statement last week was in many ways business’s equivalent of Christmas, with rewards for some – and coal for others. On the whole, however, the picture for the City was positive, with action proposed for some of [...]
City Moves for 23 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 22, 2015 Weightmans The law firm has appointed Stuart Kempson and Andrew Glynn-Williams to its marine practice. They both join from Hill Dickinson. Kempson has previously worked as an in-house lawyer at Charles Taylor and Co. Before qualifying in 2006, Glynn-Williams spent 10 years at sea with Stena Line. Zeus Capital The investment bank has announced three [...]
City Moves for 17 February 2015 | Who’s switching jobs February 16, 2015 KPMG The professional services firm appoints Ken Hall as partner and Curtis Baron as director to its UK security and business resilience practices. Hall joins from Wipro, and has over 25 years of IT experience. Baron joins from RBS, where he was group head of Resilience. Linklaters Matt Peers has been appointed as the law [...]
The critics are wrong: Our bold plans for new homes for London will benefit all December 21, 2014 As London's population soars towards the 9m mark, it’s vital that we take every step we can to deliver the jobs and homes our growing city needs. And Old Oak Common, a once-forgotten part of west London, represents a once-in-a-lifetime chance to create a brand new piece of the capital with up to 24,000 new [...]