Appointments

The Financial Ombudsman Service's (FOS) chief ombudsman and chief executive Natalie Ceeney is to step down after four years in office.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) head of European institutional business Paul Craven is leaving the firm at the end of the year to promote behavioural economics across the industry.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has named Chris Hodge as executive director of strategy from 1 January 2014.

Sackers has appointed Dan Robson as business development manager following the departure of John Parkinson for Coffin Mew Solicitors.

Sackers has appointed Oliver Topping as an associate, bringing the total number of lawyers on its team to 52.

The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has appointed GlaxoSmithKline director of global pension investments Robert Vandersluis as a non-executive director to its board.

Vanguard Asset Management has appointed Steve Charlton to the newly-created position of defined contribution (DC) proposition manager for Europe.

Burness Paull has expanded the size of its pensions team with the appointments of Martha Quinn and Mark Lindsay as consultant and director.

Michael O'Higgins will reach the end of his term at The Pensions Regulator (TPR) next month but has agreed to stay on as chair for an additional three months to ease the handover to his replacement.

Friends Life has named Greg Horsnell as group internal audit director following his departure from Old Mutual where he was audit director for long-term savings.