Aug 29 (Reuters) - The following financial services industryappointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us of otherjob changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com.
** NYSE EURONEXT INC
The global operator of financial markets appointed FinbarrHutcheson as chief executive. Hutcheson will be responsible forthe company's commercial and business development.
NYSE also appointed Andrew Dodsworth as director of theLondon International Financial Futures and Options Exchange(LIFFE) board.
Hutcheson previously served as the co-chief executive ofNYSE LIFFE and Dodsworth was the executive director of marketservices at NYSE.
The company also said Mark Ibbotson, the co-chief executiveof NYSE LIFFE, would be leaving to pursue other opportunities.
** ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP
The insurer's Chairman Josef Ackermann, also a formerDeutsche Bank boss, resigned over the apparentsuicide of the company's chief financial officer, furtherroiling the top ranks of the firm.
** ITHMAAR BANK
The Bahrain-based bank said Chief Executive MohammedBucheerei would retire at the end of August and General ManagerAhmed Abdul Rahim would take over as the bank's acting head.
** BARCLAYS PLC
The bank appointed two investment bankers, Paul Knight andMichael Rawlinson, to lead its global metals and mining team,luring them away from rival UBS and boutiqueinvestment bank Liberum Capital. Knight and Rawlinson will beco-heads of the team and will join Barclays in the fourthquarter.
Knight, who will be based in Toronto, will also be a vicechairman, Barclays said. Rawlinson and Knight will report toJulian Vickers and Jeremy Michael, co-heads of global naturalresources. Knight will also report to Bruce Rothney, Barclays'country head for Canada.
Barclays (BARC)