IFR International - 28.07.2018

Bellwether: n. From the practice of placing a bell around the
neck of a castrated ram so that it might lead its flock

Bellwether

Who’s moving where...

„^ COWEN has hired
Parker Weil from Stifel
as vice-chairman of
investment banking at
its investment bank,
Cowen & Co. Weil was
previously head of the
industrials and natural
resources investment
banking group for
Stifel Financial Corp
and was on Stifel’s
investment banking

executive committee.

Weil has served as an

adviser, underwriter

and placement agent

on numerous IPOs,

add-on financings and

M&A transactions.

„^ Gareth Thomas has

been named HSBC’s

regional head of global

banking for the Middle

East, North Africa and

Turkey. The move will

be effective in

September. Thomas is

currently HSBC’s co-

head of public sector

for global banking,

based in London. He

will succeed Matthew

Wallace, who was

recently appointed as

HSBC’s head of global

banking for Europe.

Thomas, who will

relocate to Dubai, will

be responsible for the

execution, leadership

and delivery of HSBC’s

global banking

strategy in the region.

„^ Erika Irish Brown has

joined GOLDMAN

SACHS to head its

efforts to recruit, retain

and advance diverse

professionals as chief

diversity officer. She

was previously

Bloomberg’s first chief

diversity and inclusion

officer, and has led

diversity hiring efforts

at Bank of America

and Lehman Brothers.

She will take up the

new role on July 30,

replacing Anilu

Vazquez-Ubarri, who

joined TPG Capital in

June as part of the

private equity firm’s

own effort to promote

diversity and gender

balance.

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