PEOPLE MOVES: The Pensions Regulator, SocGen, HSBC

UK watchdog names chief executive, while French giant hires head of private banking

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The Pensions Regulator

Nausicaa Delfas will become chief executive of The Pensions Regulator, effective from the end of March 2023.

She currently serves as executive director for governance at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and she also was interim chief executive and chief ombudsman at the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

Societe Generale

SocGen has promoted Bertrand Cozzarolo to head of Societe Generale private banking, effective from 1 February 2023.

He is currently head of sales and marketing of Societe Generale banking in France, and has been with the group for 19 years.

Additionally, Olivier Paccalin and Mathieu Vedrenne will become deputy heads of Societe Generale private baking while also maintaining their current responsibilities as head of sales and solutions and head of private banking France, respectively.

HSBC

HSBC has hired Caroline Bong as head of private banking credit risk for Singapore and southeast Asia.

She was most recently senior director and head of credit structuring for Singapore at Indosuez Wealth Management.

Investec Wealth & Investment

Pela Strataki has taken on the role of head of research at the wealth arm of Investec in London.

She joins from Architas where she led the AXA Group unit linked investment oversight function.

Attivo

The financial planning business has made two senior hires.

Steven Pennington and Stephen Heylings become financial planning director and finance director, respectively.

Pennington is based and London and joins from WH Ireland where he was head of wealth planning.

Heylings previously worked with FTSE 100 companies and SMEs.