Bear Stearns hires new European ops chiefs

Bear Stearns has named two new heads of European operations, both to be based in London.

Paul Brannan joins as European head of prime brokerage. He was previously global head of client service, transition and client-facing technology at Lehman Brothers. Brannan reports to Bear Stearns' heads of prime brokerage, Leonard Feder and Louis Lebedin, as well as the London heads of equities, Vincent van Pelt and Nicolo Brandolini D'Adda.

Andrew Jamieson joins Bear Stearns as European head of equity