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Exclusive: IG Group Corporate Development head Mark Evans departs

Gerald Segal 0 Comments November 3, 2025

FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that longtime IG Group (LON:IGG) executive Mark Evans has left the company.

Mark Evans had been with IG Group, the leading UK online trading provider, for more than 10 years, joining initially in 2015 as Financial Planning & Analysis Manager. He was named Head of Consumer Insight & Strategy in 2017, and then Head of Corporate Development in 2024.

In his latest role Mark led group-wide M&A strategy and execution for IG, completing $1.5bn+ in transactions including the $1bn tastytrade acquisition, the acquisitions of Independent Reserve (A$178m) and Freetrade (£160m), and most recently the sale of Small Exchange to Kraken ($100m).

Prior to his time at IG, Mark was a Vice President at Barclays, leading the UK and European credit card and payments business for Barclays.

Gerald Segal

Gerald is one of the most experienced writers covering the online trading sector. Prior to starting FNG, Gerald founded Forex industry news website LeapRate.com in 2010, selling it in 2018 to publicly traded Catena Media plc (STO:CTM). An avid skier, cyclist and ice hockey player, Gerald was previously an investment banker for more than a decade at Bear Stearns, Robertson Stephens, and Merrill Lynch. Gerald holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York and a BCOM degree from the University of Toronto.