UPDATE 2-MOVES-NewOak Capital, Bank of Montreal

(Adds NewOak Capital, Bank of Montreal) Nov 3 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Tuesday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail [e-mail]. NEWOAK CAPITAL NewOak Capital named Jay Lown as managing director and senior member of the financial institutions group. Prior to joining NewOak, Lown was a fellow at the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS). BANK OF MONTREAL BMO Capital Markets named Dirk Leasure as head of its U.S. Financial Sponsors Group. Prior to joining BMO, Leasure spent eight years with Goldman Sachs working with financial sponsors. POLAR CAPITAL Hedge fund group Polar Capital said chief executive Mark Kary will leave at the end of the year, with co-founder Tim Woolley taking charge as the cash-rich firm seeks to expand after a recovery in asset levels. GLEACHER SHACKLOCK LLP Gleacher Shacklock LLP, an independent corporate advisory firm, appointed Peter Alcaraz as a Senior Adviser. Peter would join next spring and work closely with partners Kieran Murphy and Angus Russell. Most recently, Alcaraz has been a Managing Director and head of the services sector team at Close Brothers Corporate Finance. ICAP ICAP, an interdealer broker, appointed Gil Mandelzishas to its Global Executive Management Group. Mandelzishas is the CEO of Traiana Inc, an ICAP company. ST JAMES'S PLACE British wealth manager said it has appointed a chief investment officer to oversee a push to increase its funds under management. The company announced the appointment of Chris Ralph to the newly-created position alongside two other appointments to the investment committee. BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH Bank of America Merrill Lynch appointed Chong Lee Tan as head of Corporate and Investment Banking for Southeast Asia. Lee, who was previously with Goldman Sachs in Singapore, would join the bank in early 2010. HEARTWOOD Heartwood, the independently owned wealth manager, appointed Giles Peel as head of Investment Communications. Peel will be based in the firm's London office and has joined from Coutts, where he was head of Investment Communications. FORESIGHT GROUP Foresight Group, an alternative asset manager, appointed Humberto Santillana as investment director of its Solar Team. Santillana would be initially based in Madrid. He joined from Fotowatio in Spain, where he was a director in the acquisitions and financing department. MARTIN CURRIE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd appointed Christine Montgomery and Neil Robson to its global equities team by the end of the year. Montgomery has joined Martin Currie from Edinburgh Partners and Robson from Pioneer Investments. ARBUTHNOT BANKING GROUP PLC Arbuthnot Banking Group Plc appointed Dean Michael Proctor as Chief Executive of Arbuthnot Latham & Co. Ltd, the group's private banking division.

Proctor was at Citibank for three years and most recently was managing director of wealth management and retail banking. (Compiled by Shobhana Chadha in Bangalore) Keywords: FINANCIAL/MOVES For Related News, Double Click on one of these codes: For Relevant Price Information, Double Click on one of these codes: Tuesday, 03 November 2009 11:49:55RTRS {EN}ENDS Keywords: FINANCIAL/MOVES ([e-mail]; within U.S. [phone]; outside U.S.

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