MOVES- Goldman, BlackRock, SocGen, Gulf Bank, HSBC, Aon, Baird

(Adds Goldman Sachs, Aon Risk Solutions))

March 18 (Reuters) - The following financial servicesindustry appointments were announced on Tuesday. To inform us ofother job changes, email moves@thomsonreuters.com.

GOLDMAN SACHS

The U.S. investment bank has promoted Joerg Kukies to headits securities division in Germany and Austria. He replacesPhilip Holzer, who is taking a seat on the supervisory board ofGoldman Sachs' Germany unit.

AON PLC

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business ofAon Plc, appointed Michael Mahoney as resident managing directorfor the Central California region, which includes offices inFresno, Salinas and Sacramento. Prior to this, he was an accountexecutive in San Francisco.

BLACKROCK INC

The world's largest money manager has named JPMorgan Chase &Co's Christopher Jones as chief investment officer forstocks in the Americas, seeking to strengthen its active equitybusiness. Jones will replace Chris Leavy, who went on medicalleave in June last year.

SOCIETE GENERALE

France's No. 2 listed bank will reduce the number of deputychief executive officers to two after Jean-François Sammarcelli,head of the French retail business, retires in end-2014.Sammarcelli will step down from his position as deputy CEO onSept. 1 to become advisor to the chairman.

GULF BANK

Kuwait's Gulf Bank said it had appointed CesarGonzalez-Bueno as new chief executive, replacing Michel Accadwho resigned in October last year.

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC

The company's brokerage unit said on Monday that it hiredtwo advisers, David Huffman and Aimee Boggs, from Morgan Stanley for its Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida office.

BAIRD

The wealth management firm said it appointed Francis Rocheas director, branch manager, in its San Francisco wealthmanagement office. Roche joined from RBC.

HSBC

The UK-headquartered bank appointed Zoe Knight as its newhead of climate change research to replace Nick Robins, whostepped down earlier this year to help lead a United Nations-ledproject into how to decarbonise the global economy.