People News: Moves at ECB, Berkshire Hathaway and AIG
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi named Belgium’s Peter Praet as chief economist. [Businessweek]
Ted Weschler, the hedge fund manager who will soon join Todd Combs to work for Warren E. Buffett. [WSJ]
William Polk Carey, who made a fortune in real-estate finance and donated tens of millions of dollars to business schools, has died at 81. [Bloomberg]
Investment bank KBW hired James Harasimowicz, co-founder of hedge fund firm Longview Partners as a managing director to eventually head up its Chicago office. [Hedge Fund Net]
AIG CEO Robert Benmosche, who was diagnosed with cancer last year, plans to stay in his job for another year. [WSJ]
UBS hired Peter Forlenza, former head of equities for MF Global, to run its equities business in North and South America. [WSJ]
Spain named Luis de Guindos, former Lehman head of that country, as Spain’s economy minister. [DealBook]