Generali Group
Generali Group is parting ways with group chief insurance officer Valter Trevisani at the end of October.
The Milan-based carrier named group chief executive Philippe Donnet as an interim replacement, effective immediately.
The company also appointed the group’s chief marketing and customer officer, Isabelle Conner, and chief HR and organisation officer, Monica Alessandra Possa, to the Group Management Committee.
HSBC Life Insurance
HSBC Life, a joint venture between HSBC Insurance (Asia) and The National Trust Limited, has announced Danny Lui as its chief executive, with immediate effect.
Lui had been chief financial officer of HSBC since March 2013 and took up the role of chief executive from January 2017.
The appointment has been approved by the China Insurance Regulatory Committee.
Lombard Odier
Lombard Odier has hired Lee Wong from Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) to head family wealth services in Singapore.
At UBP, Wong was head of wealth management. In Wong’s new role, she reports to Vincent Magnenat, chief executive of Asia.
The firm also said Seema Bhayat has taken up a new role as the local managing director in Tokyo. She will lead the expansion of the private banking business in Japan.
Bhayat assumed the role last month. Prior to the appointment, she was the deputy head of private banking for Asia and head of wealth planning for Asia at Lombard Odier.
London Stock Exchange Group
Xavier Rolet will step down from his role as chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group by December 2018 after nine years at the helm of the organisation.
The LSE board confirmed it is in the process of finding a successor and will work closely with Rolet to ensure a smooth transition process.
Rolet joined the stock exchange from Lehman Brothers in 2009. Under his leadership, the market capitalisation of the LSE has risen to nearly £14bn ($18.5bn, €15.6bn) from £800m.
Brewin Dolphin
Ebru Smith, formerly of Duncan Lawrie Private Banking, has been recruited by Brewin Dolphin as a director of portfolio management based in Reigate.
Smith will lead the Reigate team to develop investment strategy and new investment ideas. Before entering the industry, she was an economic assistant at the British Embassy in Turkey.
