Noble names tech head

Noble & Co., the corporate finance advisory and broking arm of Noble Group, has appointed Andy Yeo as corporate finance director to head up the firm’s technology team.

He will be based in Noble’s Old Broad Street offices in London, reporting to John Llewellyn-Lloyd, chief executive of Noble and Co.

Yeo Noble from Kaupthing Capital Markets where he was involved in the telecoms & technology sub-sectors. Previously he was head of research at Evolution Securities from 2001 to 2006. Following the merger of Evolution and Beeson Gregory in 2002, he was heavily involved in the development of the technology franchise, which included a significant number of IPOs.