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Some industry people moves, courtesy of Áine Hall at Hawk Search

Alacra announced three new additions to its management team, with the appointments of Alan Samuels, Kelvin Dickenson and Kevin Kollar. (Alacra press release.)


Capco announced the appointment of Jonathan Rose as a partner in their UK team. (Capco press release.)

BGC Partners announced the appointment of James Cawley as chief executive officer of its Swap Execution Facility (“SEF”) subsidiary, BGC Derivative Markets, L.P. (BGC press release.) The firm also announced that Yevette Tierney, chief information officer, has left the company. (BGC press release.)

Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company announced that it has appointed Nicholas Lemann to its board of directors. (Thomson Reuters press release.)

EFAMA has hired Gabriela Diezhandino to head its newly created public policy department. (EFAMA press release.)

BNY Mellon has appointed James S. Wiener senior executive vice president and chief risk officer for the company, effective today. (BNY Mellon press release.)

The former head of UBS’s investment bank Carsten Kengeter is to become the next chief executive officer at Deutsche Boerse. (Read here via Reuters.)

OpenGamma announced that Mark Beeston Mark Beeston has been appointed as chairman of the board of directors. The firm also appointed Cristobel Conde, former CEO of SunGard, to its board. (OpenGamma press release.)

More people moves this month from boutique executive search firm Hawk Search here.

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