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Clive Punter, LinkedIn’s global managing director of marketing solutions, has left the business-to-business social media site after just 14 months.
Box TV, the joint venture between Channel 4 and Bauer Media, has appointed former Paramount Pictures director Julie Wright as its commercial director, replacing Richard Vivien.
Alex Miller, the founder and managing director of Jam, has been promoted to chief executive as part of a restructure of the social media agency’s management team.
InStyle magazine, the IPC Southbank-owned fashion and beauty title, has named Rita Lewis as its new publishing director, effective 3 January 2012.
UNICREDIT SPA
UniCredit named Michael Baptista as its global head of research, effective from Dec 1.
BNY MELLON
BNY Mellon named Susan Traver as president of the company’s wealth management office in Washington D.C. Prior to joining, Susan was the regional managing director for Wells Fargo Private Bank in Washington.
PANTHEON
Global private equity fund investor Pantheon named Heiko Schupp as principal and head of European infrastructure investments. Schupp joins from Eiser Infrastructure Ltd (formerly ABN AMRO Infrastructure Capital).
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Mark Parry as a senior investment manager within its multi-asset team. Parry joins from Close Asset Management.
