FNG has learned that leading UK online broker IG Group (LON:IGG) has hired Qu Zhao as CEO of IG Securities Japan.

Qu Zhao replaces longtime IG Group executive Tomoharu Furuichi in the role. Tomoharu Furuichi left IG earlier this year. In its latest Annual Report for 2025, IG reported that it holds £248.0 million of segregated client funds for customers of the Group’s Japanese subsidiary as at the end of 2025, up from £234.1 million as at 31 May 2025.

Qu Zhao joins IG Group after spending the past two years at Tencent-backed digital broker Moomoo, where she was Chief Marketing Officer in Japan. Other previous roles Qu has had include Tinder Japan country head / Head of Tinder East Asia (2021-2024), and Head of Japan and East Pacific Region for video streaming provider BIGO (2017-2021).

This marks the second senior hire in the Far East that IG Group has made from Moomoo in under a year. In mid 2025, IG Group hired Gavin Chia as CEO at IG Singapore, after he filled a similar role at Moomoo.