Mr. Forst, 46, will run the division with Peter Kraus, according to a memo dated Sept. 25.
At that time, the company said Mr. Heyer would run the division until the end of 2004.
The Senate also confirmed, on voice votes, Lisa Monaco to run the division that handles terrorism cases and Virginia Seitz to run the Office of Legal Counsel.
Goldman said Eric S. Lane would take over from Mr. Forst and would help run the division with Timothy O'Neill, the other current co-head.
UBS said David Soanes would run the division's operations in Europe, Steve Cummings would head up the Americas region and Matthew Grounds would lead the Asia-Pacific region.
Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft executive, will continue to run the division and he is now rated hot favourite to succeed Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer.
The new business puts Gartmore in a higher- margin part of the asset management industry, said Peter Gale, who will run the division.
Benjamin Horowitz, another Opsware founder, will move to Hewlett-Packard to run the division overseeing the new acquisition and other server automation technology, Ms. Livermore said.
Less than a week after that deadline, he signed on to run the division of Hewlett-Packard that makes personal computers and hand-held devices.
Hank and Jim Foster both went over to B&L, the father to run the division, the son hoping to take over one day.
