● Citadel Investment Group has rescued three proprietary traders from the wreckage of Lehman Brothers’ European operations. Timothy Bryan Wilkinson and John Alexander Goodridge will join Citadel’s prop trading group, while Alex Maddox, who established Lehman’s mortgage trading desk, has been named as head of securitised products, Europe for Citadel.  ● Thames River Capital has appointed Graeme Pollok as compliance and risk manager. Mr Pollok was previously with the UK’s Financial Services Authority.  ● Eric Chaney, formerly of Morgan Stanley, has joined Axa Investment Managers as chief economist.  ● Karen Clark has been named director of investment management for Newton Investment Management’s private client division. She joins from BNY Mellon.  ● Paul Boyne, has joined Invesco Perpetual as a fund manager in its global equities team. He joins from Bank of Ireland Asset Management.  ● Standard Life Investments has appointed Andrew Millington as investment director, UK equities. Mr Millington was hitherto at Baillie Gifford.  ● Henric Malmqvist has been named as inaugural director of International Asset Management’s Stockholm office.   ● Roman Berri, formerly of 47° North Capital Management, has joined Axa Investment Managers’ fund of hedge fund business as a portfolio manager. The Axa division has also recruited three analysts; David Canty from Global Asset Management, Aninda Nath from Barclays Global Investors and Wesley Thornburgh, previously with Grace Brothers Management.  ● Benson Elliot has named Joseph DeLeo as director of portfolio management and Chris Coulson as development director. Mr DeLeo was previously at Fortress Investment Group while Mr Coulson managed an urban regeneration scheme in Bratislava.  ● Geert-Jan Troost, formerly of Cardano Risk Management, has joined Watson Wyatt Worldwide as a senior investment consultant in its Amstelveen office.