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UGI Corp., Valley Forge distributor and marketer of energy products and services, has appointed Roger Perreault to the newly created position of president, UGI International. He had been group vice president, large industries/world business line at Air Liquide.

Glenmede, a privately-held investment and wealth management firm with $30 billion in assets under management in Philadelphia has appointed Laura LaRosa director of business development and Susan Mucciarone as director of private client relationship management. LaRosa had been director of portfolio management and Mucciarone director of wealth advisory.

The Beacon Group of Companies, a King of Prussia financial services company, promoted Virginia Siegle to vice president of finance and administration from controller.

TD Bank has promoted Cindy R. Yannone to vice president, relationship manager in small business lending in Devon. She had been store manager of a branch Hatfield.

Delaware Investments, Philadelphia, has hired the following executives: Neil Siegel, chief marketing and product officer, formerly partner and managing director and chief marketing officer at Neuberger Berman; Christopher Hanlon, senior vice president of insurance strategy and asset liability management, formerly chief risk officer and enterprise head of credit risk management and control at Hartford Investment Management Co.; and Eric Kleppe, senior vice president of institutional client services, formerly head of relationship management and operations at Diamond Hill Capital.

Maria Fe Paz has been hired as a a medical affairs consultant in the role of Interim chief medical officer at Rosetta Genomics Ltd., a diagnostic test developer based in Israel and Philadelphia. She had been founder-president and chief medical officer of Labceutics and the Diaceutics Group.

Jennifer Tronc has been promoted to executive vice president of account management, from vice president of account management, at MedRisk, a King of Prussia provider of physical rehabilitation and diagnostic imaging for the workers' compensation industry.

Clutch, a Philadelphia firm that uses transactional and behavioral data to give retailers insight on customers, has hired Mark S. Pollock as chief financial officer. He had been CFO of metanexgen.

The CPA firm BBD L.L.P., Philadelphia, hired Steven Glueck as a partner in the firm's expanded not-for-profit group. He had been a partner at EisnerAmper, Philadelphia.

First Niagara Bank has named Neil Orechiwsky managing director of derivative products and foreign exchange for the First Niagara Capital Markets division based in its Philadelphia office. He had been senior vice president, managing director of capital markets at Susquehanna Bank.

Debjit Chattopadhyay has been hired as senior research analyst covering the biotechnology sector for Janney Montgomery Scott L.L.C., Philadelphia. He had been a senior publishing analyst at Roth Capital Partners.

Judd Wright has joined Grant Thornton L.L.P. as a managing director in the firm's audit practice in Philadelphia. He had been a senior audit manager at Deloitte.

Charles Starnes has joined Weber Gallagher as an associate in the firm's Philadelphia office. He had been an associate at the MacMain Law Group L.L.C. of Malvern.

Ametek, the Paoli-based motors and electronics maker, has named Dave Hermance vice president and general manager of its measurement and calibration technologies division. He had been division vice president and business unit manager of the M&CT's sensor technologies business unit since 2007.

Brian Hitchings has joined Philadelphia commercial real estate company SSH Real Estate as senior vice president. He had been counsel at Dechert.

Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia, has hired consumer financial services litigator and regulatory attorney James Kim in its New York office. He had been a senior enforcement attorney with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Arlene A. Snyder, immediate past president of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation in Washington, has been named vice president of institutional advancement at Williamson College of the Trades.

New Jersey Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Michael Egenton has been promoted to executive vice president of the State Chamber. He had been senior vice president, government relations.

AGW Communications, a Haddonfield consulting firm, has hired Lance Wyllie as an associate. He had been marketing manager of online development for Brandywine Senior Living.

Hartford Funds, Radnor, has hired Allison Mortensen as head of multi-asset solutions and portfolio manager. She had been senior portfolio manager for Aberdeen Asset Management, Inc. - Mike Zebe