UK direct-to-investor investment and online trading firm Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HL) announces that Chris Hill, CEO of the company, has been granted nil-cost options over 45,442 ordinary shares under the Deferred Performance Bonus Plan.

The grant took place on Wednesday 21 September 2022.

The company also announces that Chris Hill has been granted nil-cost options over 41,273 ordinary shares in the Company under the Sustained Performance Plan 2017. This grant also took place on Wednesday 21 September 2022.

Chris Hill, CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown, has considerable strategic, leadership and operational skills and experience from a number of business sectors. He has extensive finance and accounting experience having joined the Group initially as CFO and then moving in quick succession to the position of CEO where he is also responsible for driving forward the cultural and risk management aspects of the business.

Prior to joining Hargreaves Lansdown he was CFO at IG Group Holdings plc and prior to that CFO at Travelex.

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Arthur Andersen and is an associate member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He is on the Board of the Investment Association and member of the FCA Practitioner Panel.