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RNS Number : 5304A
London Capital Group Holdings PLC
23 December 2014
23 December 2014
LONDON CAPITAL GROUP HOLDINGS PLC
("London Capital Group", "LCG", the "Company" or the
"Group")
BOARD CHANGES
London Capital Group today announces that Nicholas Lee and
Rebecca Fuller have been appointed as non-executive directors of
the Company with immediate effect. Rebecca Fuller becomes the
Company's senior independent non-executive director.
Nicholas Lee has more than 25 years of experience in
international investment banking and working as a company director.
Nicholas was with Dresdner Kleinwort and its antecedent firms from
1988 to 2009, starting at Kleinwort Benson Group plc and rising to
managing director, head of banking, hedge fund solutions.
Previously as a managing director in mergers and acquisitions at
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Nicholas' clients included leading
European financial services firms and large industrial, consumer
leisure and technology companies. Nicholas is currently executive
chairman of AIM-listed Paternoster Resources plc and non-executive
director of AIM-listed MX Oil plc. Nicholas was previously a
director and head of corporate finance at Novus Capital Markets
Limited and a director of AIM-listed Metal Tiger plc and Plutus
Powergen plc. Nicholas qualified as a chartered accountant with
Coopers & Lybrand and has an MA in engineering from St John's
College, Cambridge.
Nicholas will bring to the board valuable investment banking
advisory experience and cross-sector corporate strategy expertise
to the board.
Rebecca Fuller has 20 years of experience as a practising lawyer
in governance, regulation and risk management within leading
international financial institutions and at some of the world's
largest law firms. Rebecca has been since May 2013 an independent
non-executive director at BATS Trading Limited, the largest
pan-European equities regulated investment exchange, and is a
director of Anico Financial Services Limited which she co-founded.
From 2004 to 2012 Rebecca was general counsel and head of
compliance at Citadel Investment Group in Europe and from 2010 to
2012, a director of Citadel Securities (Europe) Limited. From 2000
to 2003 Rebecca was legal counsel for the Lehman Brothers' equities
division in Europe. She previously practised as a finance lawyer
with Clifford Chance after serving as associate to the Honourable
MEJ Black, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, and
completing her training with Freehills. Rebecca is a barrister and
solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, and a
solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Rebecca has an
M Juris in European and Comparative law from Balliol College,
Oxford and an LLB and BA in French and Economics from the
University of Queensland.
Rebecca will bring to the board valuable experience in
international governance and risk management across the financial
services industry.
Charles-Henri Sabet, executive chairman of LCG, said:
"I am delighted to welcome Nicholas and Rebecca to the board and
know that their deep advisory skills and experience of
international finance at the highest level will add significant
value to the Company as we evolve our offerings through the
development of new products and expansion into overseas
markets.
Nicholas and Rebecca's expertise across both international
investment banking and sophisticated financial institutions
dovetail with the broad spectrum of skill sets across financial
services and cross border transactional work garnered from our
other recent excellent additions to the main board. The Group's
executive leadership team is pleased to have the range of support
and experience needed as we progress with the next stage of
development."
Further information in accordance with Schedule 2, paragraph (g)
of the AIM Rules:
Nicholas Lee, 52, is currently, or has been previously, a
director or partner of the following companies or partnerships
within the last 5 years:
ACL Capital Limited
Paternoster Resources plc
MX Oil plc (formerly Astar Minerals plc)
Boustead Agriculture Limited
Rift Valley Trading Limited
Brady Exploration plc (now Metal Tiger plc)*
Plutus Resources plc (now Plutus Powergen plc)*
Leed Resources plc*
Centurion Resources plc (now Finnaust Mining plc)*
Novus Capital Markets Limited*
Paragon Diamonds plc*
Waste Power Generation Limited*
Gardener Holdings (Kent) Limited*
Sweet China Limited*
*Indicates no longer a director
Rebecca Shelley Fuller, 44, is currently, or has been
previously, a director or partner of the following companies or
partnerships within the last 5 years:
BATS Trading Limited
Anico Financial Services Limited
Anico Corporate Services LLP
Citadel Securities (Europe) Limited*
Citadel Commodity Products Limited*
Rebecca was a director at the time when Citadel Commodity
Products Limited was placed into voluntary liquidation in 2009.
*Indicates no longer a director
Save as disclosed above, there is no further information
required to be disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2, paragraph
(g) of the AIM Rules.
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
London Capital Group Holdings plc
Charles-Henri Sabet, Executive Chairman
020 7456 7000
Cenkos Securities plc
Nicholas Wells
020 7397 8900
Morgan Rossiter
James Rossiter/ Richard Morgan Evans
0203 195 3240
Notes to Editors:
London Capital Group Holdings plc (hereafter "LCGH plc" or "LCG"
or "London Capital Group" or "the Group") is a 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 Conduct Authority. Its core activity is the provision of
spread betting and CFD products on the financial markets to retail
clients under the trading names Capital Spreads, Capital CFDs and
LCG MT. Its other division provides online foreign exchange trading
services to institutional and professional clients. LCG Ltd is one
of the leading providers of white label financial spread trading
and CFD platforms and its white label partners include TD Direct
Investing, Bwin.party, and Saxo Bank.
LCG Ltd has a European passport and is a member of the London
Stock Exchange. LCG Ltd 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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