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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 – Sept. 24
The following are job changes within the financial industry for September 23, linked where possible to profiles on LinkedIn. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.
SOCIETE GENERALE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING The French bank has hired Kelly Broadhurst as a senior institutional sales person, to market equity derivatives to U.S. long-only asset managers. Broadhurst was previously at UBS in a similar role.
BANK OF AMERICA CORP The bank replaced Andrew Gissinger of Countrywide Financial Corp with one of its own long-serving executives, Craig Buffie. Click here for the full story.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA The bank appointed Doug McGregor and Mark Standish as co-chief executives of RBC Capital Markets, effective Nov. 1. McGregor will be based in Toronto and Standish will be based in New York.
PIONEER INVESTMENTS Investment management firm Pioneer has hired Sylvain Ghisoni as head of distribution for the French, Belgian and Luxembourg markets. Ghisoni will be responsible for fund of funds, private banking, structured products and regional banking customers. He was previously senior relationship manager at Fortis Investments.
BBU BANK The community bank appointed Rafael Saldana as president and chief executive. Saldana was previously with R-G Crown Bank.
