IG Group has appointed Ward as interim CFO

Last December, the broker firm reported that following the retirement Tim Howkins, Peter Hetherington was to take over as chief executive.

UK.- Broker and betting firm IG Group Holdings has informed that Mark Ward, who is a senior partner at Deloitte LL, the finance and accounting firm, has been named interim chief financial officer.

IG Group’s previous finance chief, Chris Hill, left the post in August to become the chief financial officer of Hargreaves Lansdown Plc.

For the last three years Ward  has led Deloitte’s investment management and wealth sector. He will assume his new role with IG Group on January 25 th. Moreover, the firm said that Ward will remain in the position until a permanent chief financial officer is appointed and he will report to Peter Hetherington, Chief Executive Officer and will not be a director of the Company nor a member of the Board of IG.