UPDATE 2-MOVES-Wilson Sonsini, DTCC, TXC, Cleary Gottlieb
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Nov 9 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
The law firm announced that Warren S. de Wied has become a partner. Prior to joining the firm, he was managing director in the mergers and acquisitions group at Bank of America Corp Merrill Lynch (BAC.N), where he served as the head of the takeover defense and shareholder activist response practice.
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST & CLEARING CORPORATION (DTCC)
The clearinghouse said it has appointed Anne T. Noonan to the new position of managing director and chief systemic risk officer. Noonan is joining DTCC from CLS Bank International in New York, where she was executive vice president and global head of Risk Management and Regulatory Affairs.
TRADING CROSS CONNECTS
The high-frequency algorithmic trading company announced three new hires: Ram Rao has joined as director of sales and business development, Maureen Kodweis has joined as director of operations and Derek Schnure has joined as vice president of finance and administration. Prior to joining, Rao was head of Fund Derivatives Sales for the Americas at Barclays Capital. Kodweis was Director of Institutional Client On-boarding at Merrill Lynch and Schnure was Derek Finance Manager at ICAP Electronic Broking's Information Technology division.
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
The law firm has elected four new partners and four new counsel, effective January 1. It also announced that Lev Dassin, former Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, will join the firm as a partner in the New York office. Michael J. Albano, Victor Hou, Richard Sultman and Matthew P. Salerno have become partners. Carlo de Vito Piscicelli, Daniel Ilan, David Toube and Roland Ziade have been elected counsel.
CREDIT SUISSE (CSGN.VX)
Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) said it has appointed Michael Ingelog as chief executive of the Nordic Region. Ingelog would join in January 2010. He would initially be based in London and would relocate to the Nordic region over time. Ingelog joined from Deutsche Bank.
SOCIETE GENERALE (SOGN.PA)
Societe Generale's (SOGN.PA) private banking arm said it appointed a new chief executive for its Middle Eastern business, as the French bank seeks to expand its wealth management presence in the world's biggest oil exporting region. [ID:nL9334477]
FUBON BANK (0636.HK)
Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd (0636.HK), a subsidiary of Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd, said it has appointed Pei-Hwa Thomas Liang as managing director and chief executive, with effect from Nov 9. Liang joined Fubon Group in 2005 and currently serves as head of Consumer Finance Group of Fubon Financial.
ASSOCIATION OF PENSION LAWYERS
Pauline Sibbit, partner at Sacker & Partners LLP, a specialist pensions law firm, has been elected as chairman of the Association of Pension Lawyers (APL) for a two-year period.
SOPHIS
Sophis, a provider of cross-asset, front-to-back portfolio and risk management solutions, said it has appointed Rene Flor as its new area sales director for Switzerland and Luxembourg. Rene joined from Odyssey Financial Technologies.
SVG INVESTMENT MANAGERS LTD
SVG Investment Managers Ltd (SVGIM), the specialist public equity arm of SVG Capital Plc (SVI.L), said it has promoted Adam Steiner to chief executive following the appointment of Tony Dalwood to CEO of SVG Advisers. Steiner was the head of research for SVGIM, will now take over day-to-day running of the team. SVGIM also appointed Dalwood as chairman of the SVGIM board.
DEUTSCHE BANK (DBKGn.DE)
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) said on Monday it hired Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) banker Giuseppe Baldelli as head of Italian mergers and acquisitions. [ID:nL9533428] (Compiled by Shobhana Chadha in Bangalore and Jui Chakravorty Das in New York)
