MOVES-JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Jefferies
May 7 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Wednesday. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@reuters.com.
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM.N)
The New York-based bank has hired former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) banker Oral Dawe as managing director and CEO of its Asia Pacific Commodities group as it steps up its commodities coverage in the resource-rich region.
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PRUDENTIAL PLC (PRU.L)
The U.K. insurer has named former ABN AMRO executive Arne Lindman as the new head of its $74 billion Asian fund arm, ending a nearly year-long hunt for a permanent chief executive.
The former CEO of ABN AMRO Asset Management's Asia Pacific operation will be based in Hong Kong and take up the new job on August 4. [nPEK135245]
JEFFERIES INTERNATIONAL LTD
The U.K. subsidiary of U.S.-based Jefferies Group Inc (JEF.N) appointed Sidharth Punshi as managing director and country head in India.
Punshi joined from Goldman Sachs (GS.N) where he was executive director, head of European IT services and software sector in the technology, media and telecommunications investment banking group.
CANARA ROBECO ASSET MANAGEMENT
The Indian mutual fund firm, a joint venture between Canara Bank (CNBK.BO) and Dutch fund giant Robeco (RBEN.AS) has appointed Anand Shah and Ritesh Jain as heads of equity and fixed income, respectively, a top executive said.
Shah was earlier fund manager at India's No. 2 mutual fund firm, ICICI Prudential Asset Management, while Jain worked at the fund unit of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (KTKM.BO), which ranked ninth by average assets at April-end. [nBOM291516]
YES BANK (YESB.BO)
The private sector lender in India appointed Radha Singh as an independent director on the board.
Singh has been India's union agriculture secretary from March to November 2006. (Compiled by Nachiket Kelkar in Bangalore)
