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March 3 (Reuters) - The following financial servicesindustry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us ofother job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com.
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
The investment bank named Peter Oppenheimer, the chieffinancial officer of Apple Inc, as an independentdirector. Oppenheimer's appointment expands Goldman's board to13, of whom 10 are independent.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP
The investment manager appointed Frank La Salla as chiefexecutive of its alternative investment services (AIS) business,based in New York. Salla most recently served as managingdirector at Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company.
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS
The risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker appointedAndy Whitehouse as group director of marketing andcommunications. Whitehouse joins Willis after eight years withMcKinsey & Company, where he served most recently as interimglobal communications director and deputy director ofcommunications.
FITCH RATING
The rating agency appointed Mike Simonton and MichaelDunning as analytical heads of US and EMEA corporate ratingsrespectively, effective immediately. Fitch said on Monday thatDunning is replacing Richard Hunter, who was made globalanalytical head for corporate ratings in December 2013.Simonton's role is a new regional group head position.
TOWRY HOLDINGS LTD
The privately-owned wealth advisor appointed Linda Payne toit executive committee as head of client experience. Paynejoined Towry in 2008 from British insurer Aviva Plc.
WAVERTON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD
The UK-based company appointed Andrew Vaughan-Payne as U.S.sales director, based in London. Andrew joins Waverton fromLazard Capital Markets, where he was director of U.S. equitiesand covered UK and European clients.
MENZIES LLP
The unit of the accounting firm HLB International Ltdappointed James Hadfield to the role of audit director. Hadfieldjoins Menzies from accountancy firm Grant Thornton.
WH IRELAND GROUP PLC
The London-based financial services group, which providescorporate broking and private wealth management services,appointed Paul Smith and Hitesh Mistry as investment managersbased in its Birmingham office. Both come from Barclays Wealth &Investment Management, a division of Barclays PLC.
ASHBURTON INVESTMENTS
The Johannesburg-based investment management arm ofFirstRand Group appointed Swati Jain to itsLondon-based distribution team, focusing on the institutionalmarketplace. Swati joins from IIFL Wealth Management Ltd, a unitof India Infoline Ltd, as head of institutional salesfor the UK and Europe.
NOMURA HOLDINGS INC
The Japan-based company has hired former Barclays traderPradeep Swamy to start a new proprietary trading team in HongKong. Swamy, a former Hong Kong-based managing director in theequities division of Barclays Plc, joined Nomura lastweek to lead the new equity principal strategies group. FredLam, Swamy's former colleague at money manager Cheyne Capital,has also joined the team.
LIVINGSTONE PARTNERS LLP
The finance advisory firm's London office announced theappointment of Karen Dawaf, Tom Smith and Lewis Gray.
Dawaf and Gray join the business services sector team as anassociate and as an analyst, respectively. Smith joins theindustrial sector team as an analyst. (Compiled by Natalie Grover and Shivani Mody)
