Electronic trading major IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today confirmed that on 18 September 2024, Marieke Flament was appointed as a Member of the Company’s Board Risk Committee and Nomination Committee.

Ms Flament is a strategic advisor, helping startups and institutions to innovate and scale.

She is a Senior Advisor for Giga, which is a partnership between the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She is also a Consultant for Sirius International Holding Limited, a subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC).

Ms Flament was CEO of NEAR Foundation, where she led the development of a public proof-of-stake blockchain ecosystem. She also served as CEO of Mettle, a digital bank owned by NatWest, and has had senior management roles at Circle, a stablecoin network, and Hotels.com. Marieke started her career as a financial analyst at LVMH before moving into strategy consulting at Boston Consulting Group.

She has an MBA from London Business School and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Télécom Paris.

Also today, IG announced that Wu Gang was appointed as a Member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Sustainability Committee.

Wu Gang has a strong strategic and financial advisory background and a wealth of international experience gained from a career of over 25 years in investment banking in Asia and Europe.

Wu Gang held senior leadership positions at a number of leading China-based and global financial services firms including establishing and leading the London-based European investment banking team at CITIC CLSA Securities, the international investment banking platform of CITIC Securities.

Prior to this, he led M&A and General Industrials client coverage groups at ICBC International. He also held senior level positions at Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong and London. Wu Gang started his investment banking career at Goldman Sachs.

He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Tritax Big Box REIT plc and Ashurst LLP, where he also chairs the Risk Committee. He was previously a Non-Executive Director of Laird plc.

He has an MBA from INSEAD, an MA from SOAS, and a BA from Fudan University.