M.a. International, the holding company of m.a. partners, the global financial markets management consulting and systems integration company, has made two board appointments as part of an effort to expand its activities beyond the UK and US.

Robert Jeens, former group finance director at Woolwich, the UK building society, has been appointed chairman, while Colin Rae, who was head of operations at the London Stock Exchange from 1995 to 1999, will join the board as a non-executive director.