MOVES-Wells Fargo, Citigroup, CQS, BNY Mellon

Jan 15 (Reuters) - The following financial services industryappointments were announced on Tuesday. To inform us of otherjob changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com. FRANKLIN SQUARE CAPITAL PARTNERS The sponsor of alternative investment products named threehires to its distribution team. The U.S.-based firm named Bill Wolfe as senior vicepresident of sales for the eastern division while MichaelVessels was appointed in the same capacity for the westerndivision. Tom Winnick was hired as senior vice president ofinstitutional sales. AMUNDI The asset manager named Christian Pellis as head of externaldistribution. Prior to joining Amundi, Pellis was head ofdistribution at LGT Capital Management. WELLS FARGO & CO The bank named Joe Saffire as head of global banking forEurope, the Middle East and Africa. Saffire had spent 20 yearswith HSBC Plc, where he was most recently chiefoperating officer and head of international banking in Germany. CITIGROUP INC The U.S. bank said it has appointed Linos Lekkas as head ofinvestment banking in central Europe, Middle East and Africaregion as part of a regional restructuring. BNY MELLON CORP The wealth management unit of the bank appointed David Duffyas sales director for the mortgage banking group. THE ABU DHABI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY The sovereign wealth fund appointed Gregory Eckersley asglobal head of internal equities. He will be based in Abu Dhabi. CARLYLE GROUP LP The private equity firm promoted 29 personnel to seniorpositions. CQS The asset management firm named Soraya Chabarek as head ofEuropean sales. Most recently, Chabarek worked at Moore CapitalManagement Europe Ltd, where she was head of marketing foremerging macro strategies.