19 Oct 2006
Bank of America has brought in a former Lehman Brothers comms director to head its EMEA team....Todd Berman joins as MD and head of media and telecoms global investment banking for EMEA.
Based in the firm's London office, he reports to global investment banking head Joel van Dusen and New ...
, Berman was MD in telecoms investment banking at investment banker Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette.
Lehman ...
28 Sep 2006
TURIN/MILAN: Italy's Sanpaolo bank has hired Milan-based Twister Communications to steer...Twister is representing the Turin-based bank in its proposed merger with Banca Intesa of Milan, expected to be completed next year. The deal will create an institution worth around £43bn.
Agency MD ...
in this area, with the country's fourth-largest bank, Capitalia, expected to be a target. ...
08 Jun 2006
BBC charity World Service Trust has poached South Bank Centre comms stalwart Kevin Wilson...BBC charity World Service Trust has poached South Bank Centre comms stalwart Kevin Wilson ...
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For the past nine months, Wilson has been in charge of the South Bank Centre’s corporate rebranding project, part of a rebuilding and regeneration scheme for the South Bank arts complex.
Prior to that, he ...
18 May 2006
New York-based investment bank Jefferies Group has brought in Cubitt Consulting in London...The agencies’ brief is to raise the bank’s profile with CEOs and board directors internationally. Jefferies, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, aims to differentiate itself from rivals by promoting a fully integrated service – including M A, brokerage and asset management – but specialising in growing ...
06 Apr 2006
National Bank of Greece (NBG) has brought in Financial Dynamics for its bid to acquire a...The proposed £3.8bn deal will create a banking firm with around £50bn of assets, and is the biggest foreign investment ever by a Greek company. 'There's a trend towards cross-Europe deals looking ...
interest in Finansbank by New York-based financial leviathan Citigroup, which has its own Turkish banks ...
03 Feb 2006
Diary can't resist alerting readers to a sighting last week of former Chandler Chicco Agency big-wigs Jennie Talman and Emma Crozier.