Bedell Cristin has appointed Valerie Georges-Thomas to head up the firm’s British Virgin Islands office. Georges-Thomas (pictured) was previously a partner at Appleby in the firm’s corporate and commercial practice group. Her appointment follows on from Bedell opening an office
Avalon Lake Partners has appointed Harris Bogner, an attorney and compliance expert, to head its compliance services group. Bogner’s role at Avalon Lake Partners will be to work directly with clients to ensure they develop a strong understanding of their
Otkritie, a Russian brokerage which has doubled in size in the last year, has appointed two Russia and CIS market figures to its executive team. Former Troika Dialog UK chief executive Howard Snell (pictured) has joined Otkritie as a London-based
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has appointed Michelle Noyes as the chief operating officer of its New York office. Noyes was most recently the head of international sales and investor relations for BRZ Investimentos,
BlackRock has appointed James Wilkinson as European chief investment officer for the firm’s recently launched global real estate securities platform. With over 15 years of experience in investing in real estate, Wilkinson (pictured) will be responsible for building and leading
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a number of asset management experts in its FINEX Financial Institutions practice enhancing its offering to a core part of its client portfolio. The appointments are part of the company’s continued strategy to build the
Investment boutique Newscape Capital Group has continued its expansion with the appointment of another ex-Aberdeen Asset Management fixed income investment specialist. Leonardo Da Costa joins Newscape’s core investment team in London as a portfolio manager where he will work alongside
Knight Libertas has established a global emerging markets sales team based in Connecticut, Hong Kong and London. Effective immediately, the following have joined the institutional fixed income broker-dealer: Augusto Castilho, Eamon Tubridy, Alfredo Viegas and Elena Antonova in the US;
Franklin Square Capital Partners, a sponsor of alternative investment products, has hired John Towle as chief marketing officer. Towle will assume his role effective immediately. Towle comes to Franklin Square with 25 years of financial services industry experience. Most recently,
Brian McMahon, Managing Director, Business Development Executive, has been appointed as BNY Mellon’s senior alternative industry facing executive in Luxembourg. McMahon has particular expertise in private equity and real estate and is also being asked to develop business and relationships
