UPDATE 2-MOVES-Otkritie, Winston & Strawn, Goldman Sachs

(Adds Otkritie, Winston & Strawn, Goldman Sachs)

Nov 2 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.

OTKRITIE

The Russian brokerage named Howard Snell, formerly UK chief executive of Russian investment bank Troika Dialog, as a London-based director. Otkritie also named Nicholas Richmond, previously vice president and head of Russian trading at JPMorgan, as director and head of equity trading, based in Moscow.

WINSTON & STRAWN

The law firm said an eight-member private equity team had joined its New York office from Nixon Peabody, including Dominick DeChiara, who will co-chair the private equity group at Winston.

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (GS.N)

The bank named Dean Backer, previously co-head of U.S. equities sales, as global head of prime brokerage sales and capital introduction. Backer, already part of the leadership of Goldman's Hedge Fund Industry Group, will report to David Heller and Harvey Schwartz.

JP MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT

The company appointed three senior portfolio managers -- Didier Lambert, Alain Defise and Michal Wozniak -- to expand its Emerging Markets Debt team.

ORIEL SECURITIES

The corporate and institutional stockbroking and advisory firm appointed Mark Hodds as head of execution. Mark joined from Dresdner Kleinwort Securities Ltd.

NEMESIS ASSET MANAGEMENT

Nemesis Asset Management appointed Robert Sargent as the head of asset management in the UK. Most recently, Sargent was the head of asset management at Gulf International Bank.

NEWSCAPE CAPITAL GROUP

Newscape Capital Group appointed Leonardo Da Costa as a portfolio manager in the core investment team in London. Costa was previously a fixed-income investment specialist with Aberdeen Asset Management.

GUY CARPENTER & CO

Guy Carpenter & Co LLC, a unit of U.S. financial services group Marsh & McLennan (MMC.N), appointed Claude Lefebvre as the head of operations for its instrat quantitative analysis and modeling services unit. Lefebvre would be based in London and was previously working with Arch Reinsurance Ltd.

ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK (DSCT.TA)

Israel Discount Bank (DSCT.TA) Chairman Shlomo Zohar had been asked to step down by the bank's controlling shareholders, the Bronfman-Schron group. [nL1603368]

MACQUARIE SECURITIES GROUP

Macquarie Securities Group, the equities broking arm of Macquarie Group (MQG.AX), named David Klinger as executive director, head of execution services, Asia. Klinger will be based in Hong Kong. He joined Macquarie from Liquidnet, where he was managing director.

HENDERSON NEW STAR

Henderson New Star appointed James Tothill, currently associate director international life companies, as head of global partnerships. James, who joined Henderson as part of the acquisition of New Star, was previously international partnerships director at New Star.

CQS

CQS appointed Neil Gregson to develop and further build out the group's equity business, both in closed and open ended funds. Neil worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management in London from May 1990 to June 2009.

PRUDENTIAL VIETNAM FUND MANAGEMENT CO

Prudential Vietnam Fund Management Co named Alan Morton as a director in the private equity team. Morton, who previously worked for Silverfleet Capital Partners in London, would be based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (Compiled by Shobhana Chadha in Bangalore and Christian Plumb in New York)