Banking and Finance

Héctor Enrique Luján Valladolid will take on the role of Chief Executive Officer at Hortifrut, effective July 1, 2024, following a thorough international search. Luján will oversee the company's global operations and will initially be based in the United States. Current CEO Juan Ignacio Allende will transition to a director...

Marta Ezpeleta is set to become the new CEO of The Mediapro Studio, the production company behind hits like The Head and Paraíso. She succeeds Laura Fernández Espeso, who has been promoted to CEO of Grup Mediapro, the parent company based in Barcelona. Javier Esteban will take over Ezpeleta's previous...

Copenhagen-based shipowner and operator Lauritzen Bulkers has announced Martin Egvang, the founder and CEO of Integrity Bulk, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Egvang will assume his new role on September 1, 2024, succeeding Niels Josefsen, who announced his retirement in April to focus on personal interests and spend time...

Since the beginning of 2024, there has been a consistent stream of CEO departures from leading CX tech firms, including AWS, NICE, Freshworks, Twilio, Vonage, Medallia, Calabrio, and Luware. This trend raises questions about what might be unsettling the leadership in these companies. One significant factor in this upheaval is...

Dejan Turk has been appointed as the new CEO of A1 Croatia, a subsidiary of A1 Telekom Austria Group, following the departure of Jiri Dvorjancansky, who served in the position for over a decade. Turk, who has been with A1 for nearly 20 years, previously held the role of CEO...

Saxo UK, the British branch of the Danish multi-asset trading and investment firm Saxo, has named Andrew Bresler as its new CEO, starting on June 3. Bresler succeeds interim CEO Simon Camilleri. Saxo Group, established in 1992, manages over $100 billion in client assets and provides investment solutions to more...

Zurich Instruments, a leading company in quantum technology and test & measurement instrumentation, has officially announced the appointment of Andrea Orzati as its new Chief Executive Officer. Orzati is succeeding Sadik Hafizovic, the founder of Zurich Instruments, with the aim of advancing Hafizovic's vision of scaling up the company. Under...

Chile's Viña Santa Rita winery has announced that Javier Bitar Hirmas will replace Andrés Lavados as CEO starting August 1, 2024. Lavados, who has served as CEO since August 2014, will step down on July 31, 2024, concluding a decade-long tenure at the company. Bitar, who has extensive experience in...

Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, experienced a significant single-day decline in his wealth due to a sharp drop in Dell shares. Dell's net worth fell by $11.7 billion to $107.1 billion on Friday as Dell Technologies Inc. shares plummeted 18% in New York. This decline puts Dell...

JPMorgan was the leading investment bank globally as of June 2024 in terms of market share of revenue. Between January and June 2024, JPMorgan's revenue accounted for 9.2 percent of the global investment banking revenue. Goldman Sachs followed, with a market share of 7.3 percent. All five of the top-ranked...