Mellon's global move

The Bank of New York Mellon, the asset management and securities group, has appointed Timothy Keaney head of global client management and Europe. He will be based in London.

Nomura hires eight

Nomura has hired eight new recruits for its European equity research division. Mark McVicar, Joel Copp-Barton, Andrew Evans and Rebecca Langley join from Dresdner Kleinwort, while Marc Van't Sant and Ed Steele move from Citigroup, alongside Simon Larkin and Nick Thomas, formerly of RBS.

Rising in GE Capital

GE Capital, the financial unit of GE, has promoted six senior staff in Britain. Markus Clavin becomes chief marketing officer, Sven Jirgal commercial director, Hugh Fitzpatrick chief risk officer, Willie McGibbon chief financial officer, Darren Millard operations director and Simon Ramage general counsel.

KPMG promotions

KPMG has announced the promotion of Marykay Fuller and Nick Smith to partners, while Lloyd Gold joins the firm as a director in its restructuring unit. This follows the appointment of Angus Wilson and Darren Mellor-Clark as partner and associate parter, respectively, and Lydia Simpson as senior manager in the tax practice.

Barclays Capital switch

Sam Dean is the new managing director and co-head of global equity capital markets at Barclays Capital, after moving from the same position at Deutsche Bank.

Skandia fills finance post

Skandia Investment Group has appointed Marc Bulstrode as chief commercial and finance officer. He joins from Barclays.

Macquarie team leader

Antony Isaacs is to lead Macquarie's European equity capital markets team after moving from Credit Suisse.

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