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PROMOTIONS AND NEW POSITIONS Kristian West Managing Director, JPMorgan AM With 10 years service at JP Morgan, Kristian's role as global head of equity trading has expanded to include data analytics with additional responsibility that involves seeking opportunitites in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Kristian has also held roles at Barclays Capital where he was Head of Execution for 4 years as well as 4 years service at Goldman Sachs as Executive Director. Paul Squires Brett Chappell Patrick Fleur After serving 13 years at Axa Investment Managers as Head of Trading, Paul leaves to join Invesco as head of EMEA Equity Trading. Prior to this, In his early days, Paul also spent 9 years at AXA in Equities and Fixed Income trading roles and before that, 3 years at Mercury Asset Management. After holding the role as Head of Fixed Income Trading at Nordea Investment Management for over 3 years, Brett has decided to take some time out and leave Nordea. Previously, Brett was Head of DCM Sales at Danske Bank for over 7 years before being Chief Sales Manager at Nordea for 5 years. After 10 years as Head of trading and execution at PGGM, Patrick joins Solid FX as the new chief executive. An avid participant of the Alpha Trader Forum, Patrick also holds positions at ACI FX Committee, the ECB FX Contact Group and the Bloomberg FX Advisory Board. Kevin Flood Jonathan Finney Cathy Gibson Kevin leaves Deutsche Asset Management after 2 years as Senior Fixed Trader to become Lead Fixed Income dealer at Royal London Asset management. Previously Kevin held various roles at Deutsche Bank in both London and New York since 2001. John leaves Fidelity International as Head of Systematic Trading after almost 12 years service to become Director of European Business Development at Citadel LLC. This new role invoves managing electronic trading relationships with a focus on growing new business across the continent. Cathy joined RLAM in February having served two and a half years as Head of Fixed Income Trading at Deutsche Asset Management in London. Prior to that, Cathy held various trading roles at Pioneer Investments, Bank of Ireland and is a regular particpant to the Alpha Trader Forums in London. Spring 2018 www.buysideintel.com 31