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Job Bank – Nov. 25

The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Nov. 25, linked where possible to personal profiles on LinkedIn. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

UK-based lender Standard Chartered Plc appointed Ebenezer Essoka as chief executive officer of its operations in South Africa. Cameroon-born Essoka, currently CEO of Standard Chartered’s west African business, will succeed Chris Low with immediate effect.

NOMURA HOLDINGS INC

Nomura today said it has appointed David Bizer as Head of Global Markets Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa, effective immediately. Prior to his appointment, Bizer was head of fixed income sales for the same region at Lehman Brothers.

UBS

Job Bank – Oct. 31

The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Oct. 31, linked where possible to personal profiles on LinkedIn. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.

LINKLATERS Law firm Linklaters elected Alberto Luzarraga as a partner in its corporate/mergers and acquisitions practice group in New York. Luzarraga joins from Shearman & Sterling.

JUPITER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS LTD The holding company for the Jupiter group of companies appointed Matteo Dante Perruccio as nonexecutive director. He was recently appointed as chief executive of Hermes Funds of Hedge Funds.

MULVANEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD The investment management company named Alistair McNaughton as chief legal officer. Prior to joining MCM, Alistair was deputy head of legal at Threadneedle and held senior legal positions at Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Hill Samuel.

SHORE CAPITAL GROUP The investment banking group appointed an Edinburgh-based team from Landsbanki Securities (UK)/ Teathers Ltd to spearhead the opening of an Edinburgh office for Shore Capital. The new recruits include Richard Sloss and Andrew Keith, who formerly worked together at Deutsche Bank AG. On the research side, David Phillips is joining to cover support services, particularly construction services.

NOMURA HOLDINGS INC The Japanese bank named new regional line heads in its global investment banking operations. In Europe, Middle East and Africa, Christian Meissner and William Vereker will be appointed as heads of investment banking, and Yoshiyuki Numano will take on the position of co-head of investment banking. In Asia-Pacific, ex-Japan, Glenn Schiffman will be appointed as head of Asia-Pacific investment banking and Toshiyasu Iiyama as co-head of Asia-Pacific investment banking based in Hong Kong.

Job Bank – Oct. 24

The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Oct. 24, linked where possible to personal profiles on LinkedIn. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.

CITIGROUP INC

Citigroup Inc has hired two former senior Lehman Brothers fixed income executives, according to internal memos obtained by Reuters. Andrew Morton, previously global head of fixed income at Lehman, has joined Citi as managing director and head of G10 rates, risk treasury, and fixed income finance. John Gallo, formerly global head of liquid market sales at Lehman, has joined Citi as managing director and head of North American sales across multiple asset classes.

CREDIT SUISSE GROUP The bank named Ian Marsh chief executive of the UK Private Banking business. Marsh starts his new role from Nov. 1. Marsh is a managing director of Credit Suisse, based in London.