People Moves
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Aon Consulting’s UK business chairman Ron Amy is to retire from the post after 12 years with the firm. Mr Amy will continue to be a non-executive director of Aon and has a number of personal appointments as the independent chairman of trustees of large pension schemes, as well as being chairman of the UK Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body.
Punter Southall has appointed Kevin Burgess to its actuarial team. He joins from Aon, where he was responsible for the company’sresearch into Dun and Bradstreet failure scores and their impact on Pension Protection Fund levies. Meanwhile, Punter Southall Transaction Services has announced the return of James Saunders as principal. Mr Saunders joins from Pricewaterhouse Coopers where he advised both private equity firms and companies on pension issues. Finally, the firm has appointed Gerry Devenney as a principal in its Edinburgh office. Mr Devenney joins from HSBC Actuaries and Consultants.
Watson Wyatt has appointed Michael Chatterton as a senior consultant in its benefit practice. He will focus on the management of large accounts, strategic initiatives, and the development of the corporate consulting group. Mr Chatterton has more than 20 years’ experience in professional services, including having worked for Bacon and Woodrow, Arthur Andersen and Black Mountain, where he was a CEO in their New York headquarters.
Michelle Cracknell has been appointed strategy director at life company Skandia. She joins Skandia from Origen, part of Aegon UK, where she was a main board director. Ms Cracknell will head up a dedicated strategy team and will draw on resources from all Skandia’s operating businesses to ensure the company is well positioned to benefit from regulatory and market-driven developments.
Sir James Crosby, former chief executive of Halifax Bank of Scotland, has succeeded Dame Deirdre Hutton as deputy chairman of the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) board. Sir James joined the FSA board in January 2004 before retiring from HBOS in July 2006.
Paul Turnbull has joined Halifax Bank of Scotland as chief actuary, financial services. Joining after 10 years at Watson Wyatt, Paul has held a range of consultancy and corporate roles within the life insurance sector and actuarial profession. Monty Hilkowitz has been appointed as chairman of Discovery Holdings in South Africa.
Gallagher Re, the specialist reinsurance intermediary and advisory firm, has announced the appointment of Russel Hugh as senior vice president and marketing actuary in its life, accident and health team.
P-Solve Asset Solutions has appointed Rajdeep Hunjan as governance associate. He was previously at Hewitt Associates and his responsibilities at P-Solve will include assisting the governance team with client requests and undertaking research projects.
The board of St. James’s Place (SJP), the wealth management group, has announced the appointment of David Lamb as an executive director of SJP. Mr Lamb joined SJP in 1992 with responsibility for developing the group’s product range. During his time at SJP he has led the group’s technical product areas and was promoted to group business development director in December 2001, where his responsibilities have included developingand expanding wealth management products and services.
Nucleus has created the new post of technical manager to increase the functionality of its ‘wrap’ platform, including stronger asset allocation and risk profiling tools. Filling the new post is former Scottish Life product actuary Iain Russell.
Urs Schaffner has joined Hewitt Associates from Mercer to become its Swiss head of the pension fund consulting team. He had a similar role at Mercer, where he was a worldwide partner and head of its Swiss pensions consulting business. He will be based in Zurich and offer advice for HR policies and business strategies. Hewitt has also appointed Simon Brimblecombe to its international retirement team. Mr Brimblecombe will be based in Geneva and be in charge of the practice in Switzerland.
Michelle Walsh and Laurence Kleerekoper have been appointed to the overseas insurance directorate of the Government Actuary’s Department.
Watson Wyatt has appointed Philip Tindall to its investment strategy team, which now numbers over 50 associates. Mr Tindall, who will be based in London, joins the team in response to demand from pension funds and other institutional investors for advice in this area, particularly relating to risk management and structured products (as part of liability-driven investment programmes). He joins from P-Solve Asset Solutions where he was a principal and senior investment consultant, prior to which he was head of the investment team and senior consultant to the IBM retirement funds. The firm has also appointed Gavin Counsell as an investment consultant in the Reigate investment strategy team from Aon, a company he joined in 2000. His experience includes liability cash flow modelling, stochastic analysis, derisking strategies and derivative solutions. He joined Watson Wyatt in November.
Aviva, the savings, investment and insurance group, announces the appointment of Marcelo Cruz as its group chief risk officer. Mr Cruz joins Aviva from Lehman Brothers in New York where he was a senior risk manager responsible for risk analytics. Previously he was the founder and managing director of the boutique consulting group RiskMaths. Mr Cruz edits several publications in the area of finance, risk management and stochastic modelling and has authored books and a number of academic articles on the subject. He will report to Philip Scott, Aviva group finance director, overseeing risk and compliance across the group.
John Coomber, former chief executive and current nonexecutive director of Swiss Re, has been appointed chairman and non-executive director of Telent.
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