NEW JOBS

* Hofheimer Gartilir & Gross of New York has named Mary DeMarco Abrams, 39, a partner for the trusts and estates practice. She was formerly counsel.

* Scudder Kemper Investments Inc. of New York has named Helen Frame Peters, 50, managing director and director of the global bond group, new positions. She comes from Colonial Group in Boston, where she had been chief investment officer since 1991.

* CDC Investment Management of New York has appointed Jon Lukomnik, 41, to the new post of managing director. Previously deputy comptroller for pensions for the City of New York, he will head business development and strategic planning.

* BankAmerica Business Credit, the San Diego-based commercial finance arm of Bank America Corp., has appointed Keith A. Western group executive and senior vice president in charge of marketing for the Midwest. He replaces Bill Draxler, who left the company. Mr. Western, 42, previously was a vice president and senior credit risk management officer for Bank of America in San Francisco.

* BankBoston Corp. has hired Francois Boisson as director of sales to its global derivatives group. He will market derivatives to Latin American investors. Mr. Boisson, 33, had headed derivatives marketing for Latin America at Paris-based Paribas Capital Markets.

* Brandywine Asset Management Inc., of Wilmington, Del., has named David G. Lee, 46, its chief operating officer, a new position. He also will join the company’s board of directors and head its executive committee. He came from SEI Investment Co. in Wayne, Pa., where he had served as president of its $110 billion mutual fund division, Fund Resources, since 1991.

* John G. Kinnard & Co., a Minneapolis investment bank and brokerage, has added Marc C. McIntosh, 40, to its corporate finance department as a managing director and senior technology investment banker. Most recently, Mr. McIntosh was president of AMA & Associates Inc., an investment banking boutique in Barnegat Light, N.J., specializing in project financing.

* Santander Investment Securities Inc. of New York has hired Raul Elizalde, 39, as global head of fixed-income research. He replaces Richard Segal, who will focus on global fixed-income in Santander’s trading in London. Mr. Elizalde had been head of quantitative research at ING Barings in New York.

* Walnut Street Securities Inc. of St. Louis has named Michael S. Weisman chairman of its representative advisory board, a volunteer position. He replaces Sonja White, a partner at Dallas-based Fortune Financial Group. Mr. Weisman, 41, is president of Weisman Financial Group in St. Louis.

* Frontier Investment Management Co. of Dallas has named John M. Hind Sr. vice president and co-chairman of the investment committee, a new position. Previously, Mr. Hind, 57, was institutional sales manager at Principal Financial Securities Co. in Des Moines, Iowa.

* Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc., the St. Louis-based brokerage subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp., has appointed Anthony G. Viscogliosi, 35, to its equity research department as senior vice president and director of medical technology, a new position. Previously, Mr. Viscogliosi was director of medical technology research at Rodman & Renshaw Inc. a Chicago-based firm that filed for bankruptcy protection in March.

* The International Association of Registered Financial Consultants of Chesterfield, Mo., has elected William J. Nelson to its board of directors, replacing C. Douglas Gulley Jr., who resigned. Mr. Nelson, 50, is a 28-year veteran of the financial services industry. His company, Nelson Financial Group, has produced financial workshops in Ohio.

* Dreyfus Corp., a New York-based subsidiary of Mellon Bank Corp., has appointed Paul A. LaRocco primary portfolio manager of its Aggressive Growth Fund and Premier Aggressive Growth Fund. As reported April 22, Mr. LaRocco, 40, also will serve as lead portfolio manager for Founders Special Fund. Denver-based Founders Asset Management LLC is a recent acquisition of Mellon.

* Evergreen Funds of Charlotte, N.C., has hired John Gidman, 34, as senior vice president and chief technology officer, a newly created position. He comes from State Street Bank in Boston, where he was vice president, global transaction management.

* Pax World Fund Family of Portsmouth, N.H. has appointed Christopher H. Brown, 34, co-manager of the flagship Pax World Fund with Robert P. Colin, 66. They replace Mr. Brown’s father, Anthony S. Brown, 63, who retired on April 15, citing age and health reasons. The younger Mr. Brown had been an investment consultant with New York-based Fahnestock & Co. Inc.

* Portfolio Management Consultants Inc., a Denver-based wholly owned subsidiary of PMC International Inc., has named Robert A. Brown, 42, executive vice president and senior managing director of consulting services. He had been a partner with Chicago-based Graystone Partners, specializing in high-net-worth families and family office consulting.

* First Global Inc. of Dallas has hired Terry Stock, 50, as director of practice development and resources. He replaces Karen Clark, 39, who left to start her own business. He spent the last several months writing and teaching for the New York-based American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Surgent & Associates in Devon, Pa.

* PaineWebber Inc. of New York has appointed Matthew Levitan, 47, executive vice president and director of human resources. He replaces Brian P. Carey, who left the company. Mr. Levitan had been deputy director of human resources for Salomon Smith Barney Inc., also in New York.

* Minnesota Mutual of St. Paul has appointed William Westhoff, 50, senior vice president and treasurer of the life insurance company’s asset management area. He replaces Paul Gooding, who retired.In his new role, Mr. Westhoff will oversee investment activity of the company and its subsidiaries. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of global investments and was responsible for international stock and bond investments at American Express Financial Services Corp. in Minneapolis.

* Prudential Securities of New York has appointed Michael F. Fernon director of personal trust services, a new post. Mr. Fernon, 36, comes from Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York, where he was a senior vice president.

* Federated Investors of Pittsburgh has named Richard J. Lazarchic, 57, vice president and portfolio manager of its $60 million World Utility Fund. He replaces Michael Donnelly who left the company. Most recently, Mr. Lazarchic, 57, was vice president and senior portfolio manager for the IDS Global Growth Fund at American Express Financial Corp. in Minneapolis.

* Bank of New York Co. Inc. has hired Andrew Fishkind, 33, as director of client services of wholly owned subsidiary B-Trade Services. He had been vice president of international equities at Instinet Corp. in New York. ALPS Mutual Funds Services Inc. of Denver has hired corporate controller Diana McEwen, 25, who comes from Wilton, Conn.-based Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Kim Harbage, 30, formerly of New York-based Oppenheimer Funds and Danielle Thomas, 27, a recent MBA graduate of Penn State University, also joined the company recordkeeping and transfer agency unit. Rainey Johnson, 24, from the Denver-based American Society for the Surgery of the Hand, and Corinna Montoya, 31, from Mutual of New York are other additions to the shareholder servicing department.

Michael Hecklinger, 27, comes to the marketing department from New York-based Merrill Lynch & Co.

Scott Zoltowski, 29, formerly a lawyer with Fidelity Investments in Boston, was added to the legal staff. Working with him will be Emily McCullough, 25, as legal product manager. Previously, she was a legal assistant and operations manager at the U.S. Navy.