Apple has awarded its worldwide product marketing head Phil Schiller 150,000 share options, worth $60m, to persuade him to stay with the company through to 2016.
Claire Valoti, head of digital display and mobile at Mindshare, has been appointed managing director of O2 Media.
Audi has hired ad agency executive Kristian Dean to the role of UK brand and communications manager.
20:20 has hired Matt Powell, Profero’s creative director, in the same role to oversee work from the agency’s London and Newbury offices.
PIONEER INVESTMENTS
The investment management group appointed Sean Taylor as head of global emerging markets equity and Fabiana Fedeli as senior portfolio manager, Asia equity. Taylor joins Pioneer Investments from GAM where he served as investment director. Fedeli was previously a partner and fund manager at Occam Asset Management LLP.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL
The investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC appointed Andrew Richards as managing director, head of financial sponsor coverage, Asia Pacific. Richards joins Barclays from Morgan Stanley where he worked in the financial sponsors group in London and Tokyo and most recently as managing director, European financial sponsors group.
MAN GROUP PLC
The hedge fund manager appointed Yifei Li as country chair, China. Li has previously worked as managing director of MTV Networks Greater China and chief representative of Viacom China.
RUSSELL INVESTMENTS
The U.S. fund manager appointed two senior newcomers, Heath Mottram and David Hickey, to its Fiduciary Management team. Mottram joins from the Royal Mail pension plan and Hickey joins Russell from Barclays Capital.
CENKOS
The UK stockbroker appointed banking analyst Sandy Chen to its institutional equities research department. Chen has been head of equity research at Asia Equity Indonesia (now BNP Paribas) before being head of Emerging European banks research at Credit Suisse, and UK banks analyst at Williams de Broe, Collins Stewart and Panmure Gordon.
TROIKA DIALOG
The private investment banking firm appointed Alexander Krapivko as a director and asset allocation advisor of the private clients department. He joins Troika from Renaissance Capital where he occupied the post of director and senior portfolio manager, equity products.
F&C THAMES RIVER
The boutique asset management unit of F&C Asset Management Plc appointed Torquil Wheatley as product & performance manager. Wheatley joins from Deutsche Bank in London.
PROSKAUER
The law firm appointed Andrew Bettwy as partner and Glen Lim as senior counsel to its finance group and global corporate departments teams.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL
The investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC appointed Andrew Richards as managing director, head of financial sponsor coverage, Asia Pacific. Richards joins Barclays from Morgan Stanley where he worked in the financial sponsors group in London and Tokyo and most recently as managing director, European financial sponsors group.
MAN GROUP PLC
The hedge fund manager appointed Yifei Li as country chair, China, Li has previously worked as managing director of MTV Networks Greater China and chief representative of Viacom China.
RUSSELL INVESTMENTS
The U.S. fund manager appointed two senior newcomers, Heath Mottram and David Hickey, to its Fiduciary Management team. Mottram joins from the Royal Mail pension plan and Hickey joins Russell from Barclays Capital.
CENKOS
The UK stockbroker appointed banking analyst Sandy Chen to its institutional equities research department. Chen has been head of equity research at Asia Equity Indonesia (now BNP Paribas) before being head of Emerging European banks research at Credit Suisse, and UK banks analyst at Williams de Broe, Collins Stewart and Panmure Gordon.
TROIKA DIALOG
The private investment banking firm appointed Alexander Krapivko as a director and asset allocation advisor of the private clients department. He joins Troika from Renaissance Capital where he occupied the post of director and senior portfolio manager equity products.
