MOVES-Northern Rock
July 23 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointment was announced on Wednesday. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.
Northern Rock
The British bank said Gary Hoffman would take over as its chief executive on October 1.
Hoffman is vice-chairman of Barclays (BARC.L) and has been with the bank since 1982. He was previously head of the Barclaycard credit card business and chairman of UK banking. [ID:nWLA6746] (Compiled by A.Ananthalakshmi in Bangalore)
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