GTR Trade Finance eNews - On The Move July 2012
Ex-RBS Bugeja sets up consultancy firm
John Bugeja has left his role as global head, trade products at RBS, based in London, and set up his own consultancy firm.
Credit Europe Bank gets new FI manager
Alper Nalbant has left Aktif Bank to join Credit Europe Bank as manager of financial institutions.
Stern leaves Credit Agricole
Ian Stern, executive director and deputy head for Sub-Saharan Africa, structured finance at Crédit Agricole has left the bank.
BPL opens Singapore branch
Political risk insurance broker Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global) has opened a subsidiary in Singapore, which will be headed by the firm’s co-founder, Anthony Palmer.
StanChart appoints transaction banking head
Standard Chartered has hired Richard Jaggard as head of transaction banking for Europe.
VTB names infrastructure and transport global head
VTB Capital has appointed Peter Stonor as global head of infrastructure and transport.
Emirates NBD Bank appoints TF manager
Emirates NBD Bank has appointed Jonathan Hollick as trade finance marketing manager in its wholesale banking division in London.
XL adds to German underwriting team
XL Insurance has strengthened its middle market underwriting team in Germany with the appointment of two senior underwriters.
Lockton Asia hires regional director
Samuel Fong has joined insurance broker Lockton Asia as regional director for credit and surety.
Equinox names non exec director
Specialist trade credit insurer Equinox Global has appointed Adrian Lewers as a non-executive director.
DBS names head of FI sales
Gina Lim has been appointed as head of sales for financial institutions, global transaction services (GTS), at DBS Bank.
Sace reshuffles global heads
Sace has made a number of appointments to its Italy, Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa offices.
Deutsche appoints Thailand head
Deutsche Bank has named Vikas Arora as head of its global transaction banking and head of trade finance and cash management for corporates in Thailand.
Atradius Ireland hires head of risk
Atradius has hired Tony Gordon as its new head of risk in Ireland. He will lead the team responsible for managing the trade credit risks of Irish businesses.
NBAD opens Malaysia subsidiary
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has opened its new subsidiary, National Bank of Abu Dhabi Malaysia Berhad in Kuala Lumpur.
WestLB says farewell
German lender WestLB has finally been broken up after years of continued government bail-outs.
Australian team moves to Clyde & Co
A team of insurance specialists from Australian law firm Allens are set to join Clyde & Co’s new offices in Sydney and Perth.
Equinox Global expands London team
Specialist trade credit insurer Equinox Global has appointed Melissa Mouldey as an underwriter and Kendall Edwards in an operations role.
