CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS
Ashurst
The law firm’s board has reappointed Simon Bromwich to serve a further three-year term as managing partner.
Bromwich was first appointed to the role in January 2004, while his new term will come to an end in January 2013.
The firm’s senior partner Charlie Geffen said Bromwich had “dealt decisively” with the tough market conditions the firm has faced over the course of the recession.
Mizuho International
The London-based securities and investment banking arm of the Mizuho Financial Group has hired Paul Hearn as its new chief executive officer.
Hearn has over 25 years of experience in banking, having most recently been co-head of global fixed income marketing at BNP Paribas, where he was also a member of the fixed income and London executive committees and the chairman’s management team for the group as a whole.
AXA REIM
Insurer Axa’s real estate investment management arm has appointed Shaun McWilliam as senior sales and client relationship manager, based in London.
McWilliam joins from Aberdeen Asset Management in Edinburgh, where he was a business development manager specialising in property. Prior to that, he worked at Aegon.