Nov 12 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.

ADVENT INTERNATIONAL

Advent International, a private equity firm, said Harry Sachinis has joined the firm's Operating Partner Program to advise on global investment opportunities in the media sector with a particular focus on the subsectors of publishing and information services. Sachinis joined from The McGraw-Hill Companies' Business Information Group

JP MORGAN

JP Morgan said it has appointed Soma Rao as head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) for its Private Bank in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Rao would be based in London and was most recently with Citigroup.

DAIWA SECURITIES

Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe (Daiwa Europe) said it has appointed James Godfrey as executive director. Godfrey joins Daiwa Europe from Nomura International. (Compiled by Shobhana Chadha in Bangalore)