IG : Non-Executive Director Appointment

Appointment of Wu Gang

The Board of IG Group Holdings plc (the 'Company'), a global leader in online trading, is pleased to announce that Wu Gang has today been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.

Commenting on the appointment, Company Chairman Mike McTighe said: 'Following an extensive, externally facilitated search I am delighted to welcome Wu Gang to the Board. He has significant experience in global banking institutions and has valuable knowledge of the business environment in Asia. Wu Gang will complement and further diversify the skills, knowledge and experience of the Board.'

Wu Gang said: 'IG Group is an innovative financial services organisation with an exciting growth strategy and the capability to perform well in the current global economic environment. I'm looking forward to working with the Board and the management team to realise further the potential of the business.'

This announcement is made in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11.

Wu Gang - Biographical Details

Wu Gang is currently a Non-Executive Director of Ashurst LLP and a senior advisor at Rothschild & Co Hong Kong Limited. He served as a Non-Executive Director and member of the Remuneration Committee of Laird Plc from January 2017 to June 2018.

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. He set up and led the European investment banking team at CLSA Securities, the international investment Banking platform of CITIC Securities, from 2015 to January 2019. Prior to CLSA Securities, he was head of M&A and General Industrials at ICBC International. Wu Gang also held senior level positions at Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong and London. He started his investment banking career at Goldman Sachs.

Wu Gang has an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, an MA in Asia Area Studies from SOAS, University of London, and a BA in English and American Literature from Fudan University in Shanghai.