FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that Retail FX/CFDs broker Capital.com has hired Tola Denloye, as the company’s new Country Head for Nigeria. Ms. Denloye, who is based in the UAE, will also have responsibility for growing Capital.com’s business in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

Tola Denloye, who holds an LLM degree from the BPP Law School in London, joins Capital.com from Pepperstone, where she spent the past two years as Compliance Manager & MLRO for Pepperstone in its UAE office. Prior to joining Pepperstone in 2020 she worked in various compliance roles for Natixis, BofA Merrill Lynch, State Street, and MFS.

Capital.com is in process of a major changeover in management, including the recent hiring of former IG Group CEO Peter Hetherington as CEO, replacing Jon Squires who resigned earlier this year, as was exclusively reported here by FNG.

Capital.com operates several licensed subsidiaries in the UK, Australia, and Cyprus. The company, and its sister brand Currency.com are controlled by British tech entrepreneur Victor Prokopenya.