Cheryl Clemons was named administrator of the $1.75 billion Dallas...

Cheryl Clemons was named administrator of the $1.75 billion Dallas Employees' Retirement Fund. She succeeds John Kloehr, who will retire effective Dec. 31 Ms. Clemons was assistant vice president of marketing at CIGNA Retirement & Investment Services, which was acquired by Prudential Financial. Officials at Prudential could not be reached by press time for information on her former position.

Simon Clinch was named head of North American equities at Aberdeen Asset Managers. He replaces Alex Ingham, who is leaving the company; Fiona Piper, a spokeswoman for the company, said further information on Mr. Ingham's plans was not available. Mr. Clinch was a senior fund manager and part of the team managing the Aberdeen American Value fund. Ms. Piper said the company will search for a replacement.

Patrick Dunleavy joined Lazard's private fund advisory group as a managing director. Mr. Dunleavy was managing director and co-head of private equity funds at Citigroup, a new position. Mary Athridge, Citigroup spokeswoman, did not return a phone call by press time about a replacement for Mr. Dunleavy.