Santander to appoint HSBC's Simoes as regional head of Europe
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Santander on Tuesday announced the appointment of Antonio Simoes, head of global private banking at HSBC, as its regional chief for Europe at a time when the euro zone's No. 2 lender by market value is focused on cost cuts in the region."Antonio will join the bank on Sept. 1, subject to regulatory approval, and will have managerial responsibility and oversight of the bank's businesses in Europe with reporting lines from the country heads of Spain, Britain, Portugal..