MOVES-FSA, Lazard, Arch Insurance, others

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June 15 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com

FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (FSA)

The regulator of the financial services industry said it had appointed Ken Hogg as insurance sector director. Hogg is currently interim chief financial officer at MGM Assurance and will begin his new role on July 6.

LAZARD LTD

The merger adviser said it had hired former Merrill Lynch banker George 'Woody' Young as head of its global telecommunications practice.

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES

Deutsche Bank said Jeff Knupp had joined as a director in its Global Markets division, based in Chicago. Knupp will be responsible for Midwest sales for Global Prime Finance. He joins from Morgan Stanley.

JONES LANG LASALLE

The firm said Andrew Gould, head of its professional & advisory group, would become chief executive of its English Business, effective July 1.

Andy Mottram, currently head of the English Business, will take on a full-time EMEA management board role overseeing the firm's management, advisory and project & development services operations across the region.

ARCH INSURANCE GROUP

The division of Arch Capital Group Ltd said it had promoted Michael Murphy to president of the property & casualty group. Murphy joined the company in 2002.

The firm also said it apointed John Rafferty head of the executive assurance division of the financial & professional liability group. Rafferty most recently led Hartford's Financial Products division.

GREENHILL & CO INC

The independent investment bank said it had appointed Seamus Moorhead and Charles Gournay as managing directors, based in London. Moorhead and Gournay were previously at UBS Investment Bank.

ROTHSCHILD

The financial adviser said Laurence Grafstein joined the firm as a managing director and will co-head U.S. mergers & acquisitions with Steven Tishman. Most recently, Grafstein was at Lazard and will now be based in Rothschild's New York office.

MCCARTHY GROUP

The private equity investor said it had elected Kenneth Stinson to its board of directors on June 9. Stinson is currently chairman of Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc.

MF GLOBAL LTD

The futures and options broker said it had appointed James Rowsell as managing director of Europe, effective immediately. Prior to joining the company, Rowsell was at Citigroup.

AIB GROUP (UK) PLC

The subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks PLC said it appointed Nick Treble as managing director. Treble became chief risk officer for AIB Group in early 2008 and was also a member of the bank's group executive committee.

Treble replaces Robbie Henneberry who has taken up the role of managing director for the bank's Republic of Ireland division.

HSBC PRIVATE BANK

The firm said it appointed Oliver Pacton as head of investment and treasury services in Asia, Giles Scott as head of investment advisory and expanded Jeanie Yuen's role to include responsibility for all discretionary business in Asia.

Pacton moves from his role as head of trading and sales in Geneva to Hong Kong, while Scott joins from Merrill Lynch.

Pacton is replaced in Geneva by Alain Alev, who is now head of trading and sales in HSBC Private Bank Suisse (SA).

ALIGNMENT INVESTORS

The division of BlueCrest Capital Management LLP said it had hired Paul Griffith, Robert Marsden and Michael Dorgan to its fixed income investment team.

Griffith was previously at Merrill Lynch, while Marsden has joined from Mercer. Dorgan joined the firm in May from Glencore UK Ltd.

FOUR CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED

The company said it appointed Dino Fuschillo to head its European team. Prior to joining FOUR, Fuschillo was at Martin Currie.

TROIKA DIALOG

The Russian investment bank said it had appointed Paolo Zaniboni as head of the company's London office. In addition, Zaniboni, who has been with Troika since June 2007, will continue his work as head of research.

ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES - TRADING SOLUTIONS

The international subsidiary of the Orange Group said it hired Sebastien Jaouen as head of its trading community services line of business. Jaouen, who was previously at Benelux for GL Trade, will be based in Paris.

SPENCER-CHURCHILL MILLER PRIVATE

The new wealth management organization said it had appointed Simeon Downes as senior investment analyst. Prior to joining the firm, Downes was at RiskMetrics Group.

(Compiled by Antonita Madonna Devotta in Bangalore and Megan Davies in New York)

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