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Aquis Exchange PLC
26 April 2022
26 April 2022
Aquis Exchange PLC
("Aquis", or the "Company")
Board Appointments
Further to the Company's announcement on 29 March 2022 and
approval at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, Aquis
Exchange PLC (AQX.L, AQX.PL), the exchange services company, is
pleased to announce that Richard Fisher has been appointed to the
Board as Chief Financial Officer, and Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer and Fields
Wicker-Miurin OBE have been appointed to the Board as Independent
Non-Executive Directors, with immediate effect.
Richard Fisher first joined Aquis as Director of Finance in
April 2021 and is based in London. Prior to joining Aquis, Richard
was Director of Finance at Redwood Bank and other previous roles
include Chief Accountant at RBS Group. Richard has assumed his
duties as the Company's Chief Financial Officer following an
orderly handover with current Chief Financial Officer, Jonathan
Clelland. Jonathan will retain his roles as COO of the Group and
CEO of Aquis Exchange Europe, and remain on the Board.
Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer joins Aquis alongside her duties as an
independent Non-Executive Director at Permanent TSB, Digital
Identity Net and Gresham Technologies. She also holds the role of
Chair of the UK Payment Systems Regulator Panel. Ruth is a
strategic adviser to the European Third-Party Payment Provider
Association (ETPPA), a Partner at Gauss Ventures, member of the
Advisory Board of RTGS.global and part-time CIO at GC Partners.
Most recently she was an independent Non-Executive Director of the
London Stock Exchange Group and Pendo Systems Inc. Furthermore, she
has worked for the Commerzbank Real Estate Fund, the European
Commission, the European Banking Federation and at Citi as Managing
Director responsible at global level for the Regulatory &
Market Strategy of the Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS)
business.
Fields Wicker-Miurin has a distinguished career with over 40
years' experience as an executive in financial services, a social
entrepreneur focused on leadership, and a Non-Executive Director
and committee chair of the boards of both global companies and
government departments. From 1994-7 she led the transformation of
the London Stock Exchange and the London equity markets while CFO
and Strategy Director and from 2006-7 she was the only non-US
member of the NASDAQ Technical Advisory Council. Fields was one of
only 10 experts (and the only British one) advising the EU
Parliament on financial services harmonisation in the lead-up to
the Prospectus Directive. She currently serves as a Non-Executive
Director and member and chair of key committees of the main boards
of BNP Paribas (the eurozone's largest bank) and Scor (the world's
4th largest reinsurance company) and is Deputy Chair of the Royal
College of Art & Design. It is the intention, as part of the
Company's succession planning process, that Fields will take over
the Senior Independent Director role from Richard Bennett.
Commenting on the appointments Glenn Collinson, Chairman of
Aquis Exchange PLC, said:
" We are delighted to announce the three new appointments to the
Board, bringing a huge wealth of knowledge and experience to the
leadership team, and helping us to drive forward towards our
ambitious targets.
Richard has been a highly effective Director of Finance at Aquis
over the past year, showing strong leadership and expertise. He has
gathered considerable experience of the Company since joining which
will put him in good stead for his new role as CFO. We are also
very pleased to have Jonathan stay on the Board in the key roles of
COO and CEO of Aquis Exchange Europe.
With Ruth and Fields, we have found people with incredibly
impressive careers in financial services. Their highly regarded
reputations within the banking industry and with regulators,
alongside their expansive experience within the sector will help to
drive continued success for the business."
Disclosure required pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the
AIM Rules for Companies
The names of all companies and partnerships of which Richard
John Fisher, aged 49, has been a director or partner at any time in
the previous five years are set out below:
Current directorships or partnerships: Previous directorships or partnerships:
None National Westminster International
Holdings B.V.
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RBS AA Holdings (UK) Limited
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Mr Fisher holds no ordinary shares in Aquis.
Save as set out in this announcement, there are no further
details to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Schedule 2(g) of the AIM
Rules for Companies in respect of Mr Fisher.
The names of all companies and partnerships of which Dr. Ruth
Wandhöfer, aged 46, has been a director or partner at any time in
the previous five years are set out below:
Current directorships or partnerships: Previous directorships or partnerships:
Gresham Technologies PLC London Stock Exchange Group
PLC
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Sinonyx Limited Pendo Systems, Inc
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Digital Identity Net U.K. Limited
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Permanent Tsb Public Limited
Company
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Permanent Tsb Group Holdings
Public Limited
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Leximar Limited
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Dr. Wandhöfer holds no ordinary shares in Aquis.
Save as set out in this announcement, there are no further
details to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Schedule 2(g) of the AIM
Rules for Companies in respect of Dr. Wandhöfer .
The names of all companies and partnerships of which Jane Fields
Wicker-Miurin OBE, aged 63, has been a director or partner at any
time in the previous five years are set out below:
Current directorships or partnerships: Previous directorships or partnerships:
BNP Paribas S.A. Prudential Public Limited Company
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SCOR SE SCOR UK Company Limited
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Fields holds no ordinary shares in Aquis.
Save as set out in this announcement, there are no further
details to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Schedule 2(g) of the AIM
Rules for Companies in respect of Fields Wicker-Miurin OBE .
Enquiries:
Aquis Exchange PLC via
Alma PR (Financial PR Adviser): Tel: +44 (0)20 3405 0209
Susie Hudson aquis@almapr.co.uk
Kieran Breheny
VSA Capital Limited (AQSE Corporate Tel: +44(0)20 3005 5000
Adviser)
Andrew Raca
Pascal Wiese
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000
Liberum Capital Limited (Nominated
Adviser and Joint Broker)
Chris Clarke
Clayton Bush
Edward Thomas
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Broker)
Bobbie Hilliam
Patrick Dolaghan
Notes to Editors
About Aquis Exchange PLC
Aquis Exchange PLC and its subsidiaries are an exchange services
group which operate a pan-European cash equities trading businesses
(Aquis Exchange), a growth and regulated primary market (Aquis
Stock Exchange/AQSE) and develop/license exchange software to third
parties (Aquis Technologies).
Aquis Exchange is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial
Conduct Authority and France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers to
operate Multilateral Trading Facility businesses in the
UK/Switzerland and in EU27 respectively. Aquis Exchange operates
lit and dark order books, covering 16 European markets. For its lit
books, Aquis Exchange uses a subscription pricing model which works
by charging users according to the message traffic they generate,
rather than a percentage of the value of each stock that they trade
and does not allow aggressive non-client proprietary trading, which
has resulted in lower market impact and signalling risk on Aquis
Exchange than other trading venues in Europe.
Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) is a stock market providing primary
and secondary markets for equity and debt products. It is
authorised as a Recognised Investment Exchange, which allows it to
operate a regulated listings venue. The AQSE Growth Market is
divided into two segments 'Access' and 'Apex', with different
levels of admission criteria. The Access market focuses on earlier
stage growth companies, while Apex is the intended market for
larger, more established businesses.
Aquis Technologies is the software and technology division of
Aquis Exchange PLC. It creates and licenses cutting-edge,
cost-effective matching engine and trade surveillance technology
for banks, brokers, investment firms and exchanges.
Aquis Exchange PLC is listed on the Aquis Stock Exchange and on
the Alternative Investment Market of the LSE (AIM) market . For
more information, please go to www.aquis.eu .
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