People on the move

MetLife Inc. of New York has hired Marlene Debel, 44, as senior vice president and treasurer.

She is responsible for the strategic management of MetLife’s financial resources, including capital management and overseeing the company’s relationships with both banks and ratings agencies.

Previously, Ms. Debel was global head of liquidity risk management and ratings agency relations for Bank of America Merrill Lynch of New York, where she developed the firm’s comprehensive global liquidity risk strategy.

The Institute for Private Investors of New York has hired Kathleen M. McBride, 54, as director of content.

She will oversee content across the organization’s programs and conferences, and work with private investors.

Previously, Ms. McBride was wealth editor-in-chief in Hoboken, N.J., of AdvisorOne magazine, published by Summit Business Media of New York.

Curian Capital LLC of Denver has appointed eight external regional business consultants in order to expand its sales force and has hired three internal business consultants.

A.J. Amos, 28, will handle the Tennessee and East Kentucky region. Previously, he was an internal regional business consultant at Curian.

Tom Bauer, 28, is assigned to the Southeast Kansas, Southwest Missouri, Oklahoma and Northwest Texas region. Previously, he was a business development consultant in Denver for National Planning Corp. of Santa Monica, Calif.

Scott Gunderson, 40, will handle the North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana region. Previously, he was regional vice president in Detroit Lakes, Minn., for John Hancock Financial Services Inc. of Boston.

Rodger Hoofnagle, 38, is assigned to the Louisiana and East Texas region. Previously, he was an assistant vice president of Curian’s practice management group.

Ben Keith, 34, will handle the South New Jersey region. Previously, based in Nashville, Tenn., he was an internal regional business consultant for Curian.

Dominick McPeake, 29, is assigned to the Oregon and South Idaho region. Previously, he was a regional vice president for Northern California at Curian’s parent company, Jackson National Life Insurance Co. of Lansing, Mich.

Anthony Ramondo, 33, will handle the District of Columbia, Northwest North Carolina and Western Virginia region. Previously, he was regional vice president for Virginia and West Virginia in Richmond, Va., for Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America of Minneapolis.

Carl Robinson, 37, is assigned to the West Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine region. Previously, he was a regional vice president at FundQuest Inc. of Boston.

The internal regional business consultants are Jamie Hart, 28 (Louisiana and East Texas), formerly an external solution account manager in New York with AT&T of Dallas; Felicia D. Lewis, 32 (Southeast Kansas, Southwest Missouri, Oklahoma and Northwest Texas), previously sales and marketing director for Purcell Advisory Services of Tacoma, Wash.; and Nashville, Tenn.-based Will Sherrard, 34 (West Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine), previously an internal wholesaler in Houston for Invesco Ltd. of Atlanta.

Northern Trust Corp. of Chicago has named John F. Hoffman, 47, president of its New York personal-financial-services business, Richard J. Leider, 52, vice president and wealth strategist for its San Francisco office and Joanie Stringer, 35, managing director of the Washington office.

Mr. Hoffman will manage all aspects of the business, including client services and new-client development.

Previously, he was a New York-based senior wealth adviser for Northern Trust.

In that role, Mr. Hoffman helped develop and define the firm’s wealth advisory offering, which provides comprehensive wealth management solutions to affluent clients.

Mr. Leider will serve high-net-worth clients and be responsible for business development and wealth strategies.

Previously, he was a managing director of Tano Capital LLC of San Mateo, Calif., where he led global real estate and private-equity practices.

Ms. Stringer will lead the expansion of personal financial services and will be responsible for the overall strategy and direction of personal financial services in Washington.

She will lead a staff of about 20 people and focus on developing a strong team, sourcing the new business and building the Northern Trust brand.

Previously, Ms. Stringer was the managing director of Northern Trust’s Stamford, Conn., personal-financial-services teams.