Exclusive: IG partnerships head Elyes Saafi moves to FOREX.com
FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that another senior marketing executive has left IG Group (LON:IGG). The latest to leave is Elyes Saafi, who served as IG’s Marketing Partnerships Lead for the past four years. Before joining IG in early 2017 Mr. Saafi spent three years with ETX Capital, moving up from Sales Trader to Partnerships Manager.
Elyes Saafi will be joining StoneX (NASDAQ:SNEX), at their recently acquired Gain Capital unit that operates Retail FX brokerage brands FOREX.com and City Index. At StoneX he will be Global Head of Marketing Partnerships.
We had recently reported on the departure of another longtime IG marketing executive, Lawrence Jones, who was Global Head of Display before leaving late last year to join Pepperstone, and later Betfair. Another IG Group marketing exec, Ben Tidman, recently moved to TradingView.
Mr. Saafi posted the following today on social media:
After a fantastic few years as a Marketing Partnerships Lead at IG, I look now to pastures new.
I’m thrilled to have joined GAIN Capital part of StoneX Group Inc. as their new Global Head of Marketing Partnerships.
I couldn’t be more excited to start this next chapter in my career, and at such an exciting time for the business.