Insurance group Equity has announced Andrew Gibson as its new chief financial officer. He is stepping into the shoes of Richard Brewster who is retiring to pursue various non-executive roles. Gibson was previously chief executive officer at personal lines insurer Highway, prior to its acquisition by Liverpool Victoria Group. UK200Group, a UK association of accountants and lawyers, has appointed Colin Howe as group president. He will be taking over the position from Kevin Dickens. Stepping into Howe's former role as vice president will be Jonathan Russell. Howe is currently managing principal at Hillier Hopkins. Paul Camara has been appointed manager of the trust and corporate administration department at Moore Stephens. He joined the firm in 1996 as an assistant section head, before going on to become section head six months later, and manager of company secretarial administration services a year later. His new role will see Camara responsible for 35 staff. Reliance Mutual Insurance Society has a new non-executive director in the form of Wai Au. Her new role will also see her take over as chair of the company's audit and risk committee when Jack Cain retires from the board at the next annual general meeting in May 2010. Au has a portfolio of senior advisory roles including Accenture Financial Services UK. She was also chief executive officer at Tactica Insurance from 2006-08 and UK finance director (life and general) at Royal Sun Alliance from 1991-2001. The Chinese vice minister of finance has been awarded ICAEW honorary membership, the first honorary member from outside the UK. Dr Wang Jun was awarded the membership 'in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the accountancy and finance professions'. He has played a key role in the adoption and implementation of new Chinese Accounting and Auditing Standards. Tax expert Peter Rayney has become a director at Price Pearson - an accountancy firm in the West Midlands. Rayney specialises in corporate tax and corporate finance tax, and chairs the ICAEW's Tax Faculty's SME Business Tax Committee.