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Nov 3 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Tuesday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.
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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 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, 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, 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 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 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.

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