(Adds Marsh, Santander Group, AllianceBernstein, Keefe,
Bruyette & Woods, Pimco, D.A. Davidson)
Feb 1 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry
appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job
changes, email moves@thomsonreuters.com.
CITIGROUP INC C.N
The bank has appointed Elissar Farah Antonios chief
executive of its operations in the United Arab Emirates.
WEALTH
The wealth management arm of Swiss bank UBS Group AG
UBSG.VX said it had hired ex-Brevan Howard partner Vinay Pande
to fill a new role as head of trading strategies in its Chief
Investment Office. SE ALVG.DE
Investment management firm PIMCO, a unit of Allianz,
appointed Craig Dawson, currently managing director and head of
strategic business management, as head of Europe, the Middle
East and Africa. SUISSE GROUP AG CSGN.VX
The company has hired Carsten Stoehr from Standard Chartered (L:STAN)
as head of financing for Asia Pacific in a new role that will
cut across various businesses such as lending to companies and
super rich clients, according to an internal memo. FINANCIAL CORP SF.N
Boutique investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc (KBW),
a unit of Stifel, named Frank Cicero managing director in its
Depository Investment Banking Group. & MCLENNAN CO MMC.N
March, the insurance broker unit of the company, named Tom
Davies as global chief executive of Bowring Marsh, its
international wholesale placement broker. SANTANDER SA SAN.MC
Santander Group, the financial services unit of the bank,
appointed Peter Jackson chief innovation officer, replacing Jose
Maria Fuster. DAVIDSON COS
The investment banking firm appointed Chet Helck to its
12-member board for a three-year term. CAPITAL MARKETS
The investment banking business of Royal Bank of Canada
RY.TO has hired Raffaele Prencipe as head of financial trading
and Duncan Lake as director of high-yield strategist.
Michael Sohr, a portfolio manager with AllianceBernstein's
high-yield team, left last week as part of broader cuts across
the asset manager's fixed-income business. NBD CAPITAL LTD
The chief executive of Emirates NBD Capital, Mohammad Kamran
Wajid, has resigned from the bank to pursue other opportunities,
a spokesman for Dubai's largest lender confirmed. ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC ADN.L
The asset manager's chief investment officer, Anne Richards,
is to take over as chief executive at rival M&G Investments, the
fund arm of insurer Prudential Plc PRU.L later this year, the
firms said on Monday.