MOVES- Aviva, Kinnevik, Mizuho Financial, BAIN

Jan 23 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com.

AVIVA PLC AV.L

The British insurer is being forced to hunt for a new chief financial officer in the middle of a company wide overhaul after announcing that Pat Regan would join Australian rival QBE Insurance Group Ltd QBE.AX in June. Regan joined Aviva in Feb. 2010. News Search ID:nL5N0KX1CO

KINNEVIK KINVB.ST

Cristina Stenbeck, chairwoman of the Swedish investment firm is set to take over as chairwoman of Zalando, Europe's biggest online fashion retailer, the Financial Times reported.

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MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC 8411.T

The Japan-based bank holding company said Vice President Nobuhide Hayashi would take over as president its core unit Mizuho Bank effective April 1. Current President Yasuhiro Sato will remain head of Mizuho Financial Group, Japan's second-biggest bank said.

BAIN & CO

The business consulting firm has named Domenico Azzarello as managing director of its Paris office. Azzarello joined Bain in 2002 and is a partner in the company's Paris office.

(Compiled by Shivani Mody in Bangalore)

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