Appointment to London Capital Group Plc Board (2736E)
April 05 2011 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMLCG
RNS Number : 2736E
London Capital Group Holdings PLC
05 April 2011
5(th) April 2011
London Capital Group Holdings plc
("London Capital","LCG" or the "Company")
Appointment to London Capital Group Plc Board
London Capital Group is pleased to announce the appointment of
William (Bill) Newton to the Board of London Capital Group Holdings
Plc and LCG Ltd as Chief Information Officer with effect from 18th
April.
Bill will be responsible for LCG's IT strategy and he will
manage and develop IT and trading technology services and product
delivery for the entire Group.
Bill has extensive operational experience within financial
trading companies having worked in the industry for over 17 years.
Most recently he was Director at TraderTeam Systems where he was
responsible for providing consultancy services to spread betting
and FX businesses. Prior to this, Bill co-founded ODL securities, a
derivatives and equities brokerage. He held a number of senior
management roles at the company Including IT Director. He has also
designed a number of realtime risk and regulatory reporting
systems.
This appointment is subject to approval by the FSA.
Simon Denham, CEO, commented:
"We are delighted to announce the appointment of Bill as our new
CIO. He will be a very strong addition to the team and his
technology expertise and industry experience will bring a valuable
dimension to the Board."
There is no other information that is required to be disclosed
with regards to the appointment of Bill Newton, aged 48, pursuant
to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules, save as set out
below:
Current directorships
Plutus FX
Previous directorships within the past five years
ODL Securities
TraderTeam Systems Ltd
For further information, please contact:
www.londoncapitalgroup.com
London Capital Group Holdings plc
Simon Denham, Chief Executive Officer
+44 (0)20 7456 7000
Cenkos Securities plc
Nicholas Wells/Camilla Hume
+ 44 (0)20 7397 8900
Smithfield Consultants
John Kiely
+ 44 (0)20 7360 4900
Neither the content of the Company's website nor the content of
any other website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's
website is incorporated into, or forms part of, this
announcement.
Notes to Editors:
London Capital Group Holdings plc (hereafter "LCGH plc" or "LCG"
or "London Capital Group" or "the Group") is a rapidly growing
financial services company offering online trading services.
London Capital Group Limited (LCG Ltd), a wholly owned trading
subsidiary of LCGH plc, is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority. Its core activity is the provision of
spread betting products on the financial markets to retail clients
under the trading name Capital Spreads. Its other divisions provide
online foreign exchange trading services to institutional and
professional clients and also institutional derivatives broking.
LCG Ltd is one of the leading providers of white label financial
spread trading platforms and its white label partners include
TradeFair, Paddy Power, PartyGaming Plc, Saxo Bank, and TD
Waterhouse. Prospreads.com is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Commission in Gibraltar and provides spread
betting products on financial markets to professional clients.
Capital CFDs (Australia) is a trading name of London Capital
Group Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of LCGH plc, and is
regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission.
LCG Ltd has a European passport and is a member of the London
Stock Exchange. London Capital Group Limited also has access to
international markets through its global clearing
relationships.
LCGH plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market.
LCG is included in the General Financial sector (8770) and
Speciality Finance sub sector (8775) and has a RIC code of
LCG.L.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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