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July 15 (Reuters) - The following financial servicesindustry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us ofother job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com.
STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
The international bank appointed Mark Webster as global headof foreign exchange (FX) sales. Mark will be based in Singaporeand report to Christian Wait, global head of sales, financialmarkets.
Mark joins Standard Chartered from Royal Bank of Scotland,where he was global head of FX Sales EMEA and global head of FXsales for financial institutions.
BARCLAYS PLC
Barclays appointed Cedric Lizin as head of Middle East andNorth Africa to its Wealth and Asset Management division. Lizinjoined Barclays in 2007 as chief operating officer for thePacific region.
BENSON ELLIOT
The UK-based private equity real estate fund managerappointed Lord Levene of Portsoken to the firm's Board ofStrategic Advisors.
Currently chairman of Starr Underwriting Agents Ltd, GeneralDynamics UK Ltd and the UK Ministry of Defence Reform Group,Lord Levene was previously Chairman of Lloyd's - the insurancemarket - a position he held from 2002 to 2011.
COUTTS
The private bank appointed Mark McFarland as ExecutiveDirector and Global Chief Economist. Mark will be responsiblefor the global leadership of Coutts' economic views.
Based in Hong Kong, Mark will report to Gayle Schumacher,Managing Director and Head of Investment Office and willalso report locally to Gary Dugan.
BARING ASSET MANAGEMENT
The international investment management firm appointedClaire Fraser as Head of Marketing and Communications, effectiveon 1st August. She will be based London and report to DavidBrennan, Chairman and Chief Executive of Barings.
Claire has been with Barings since October 2010, havingjoined as Head of EMEA Marketing before being promoted to theglobal role of Head of Distribution Marketing.
SABRIENT SYSTEMS LLC
The independent equity research firm appointed WilliamRussell as senior quantitative analyst. Based in Santa Barbara,California, and reporting directly to Rick Hoselton, director ofinformation technology, Russell will be responsible forcontributing to the development of Sabrient's strategies used tocreate rankings and ratings on stocks, indices, sectors andETFs.
COMMONFUND
Paul McKiernan has rejoined the non-profit investment fund'sinstitutional sales team as a managing director. McKiernan, whopreviously worked at Commonfund from 2007 to 2012, will focushis efforts on cultivating new relationships as well as renewingprevious client relationships in the Midwest region.
