Microsoft has named David Littlewood managing director of worldwide financial services. He will head the global team that sets the strategic direction for Microsoft in this sector. Littlewood joined Microsoft from Sun Microsystems where he held a similar position for the financial services and retail industries as part of his 13 year career with the company. A graduate of Westminster University in London, Littlewood has more than 20 years experience in the technology industry in Europe and the United States. For the last nine years he has been based in California; he is now at Microsoft’s corporate head office in Redmond, WA.