Aquis Exchange PLC Appointment of independent NED to AQSE Board
25 August 2021 - 04:01PM
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Aquis Exchange PLC
25 August 2021
25 August 2021
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Aquis Exchange PLC
("Aquis", the "Company" or the "Group")
Appointment of independent non-executive director to AQSE
Board
Aquis Exchange PLC (AQX.L), the exchange services group, is
pleased to announce that it has appointed Daniel (Danny) Lopez to
the board of its subsidiary, Aquis Stock Exchange ("AQSE"), the
primary market for growth companies, as an independent
non-executive director (NED). The appointment has received approval
from the FCA.
Danny brings a deep knowledge of next-generation technology to
AQSE, with significant experience across financial services and
cyber security technology. He has overseen several large change
programmes in both the private and public sectors as well as the
launch of new brands, making him ideally placed to support the
broad transformation of AQSE that is underway.
Danny is the CEO of Glasswall, an award-winning cyber security
company, as well as a non-executive director of Innovate Finance,
the independent industry body that champions the global FinTech
community in the UK. He is also a special advisor to the FinTech
Collective, a New York-based venture capital firm which invests in
FinTech companies. Previously in his career, Danny held a number of
other roles in the financial and technology sectors, including as
Chief Operating Officer of Blippar, an Augmented Reality and AI
company, HM Consul General to New York for the Foreign &
Commonwealth Office, CEO of London & Partners and several
international positions at Barclays Bank.
AQSE is a UK-based stock market providing primary and secondary
markets for equity and debt products. It is permissioned as a
Recognised Investment Exchange, which allows it to operate a
regulated listings venue.
Michael Berkeley, Chairman of Aquis Stock Exchange,
commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Danny to the Aquis Stock Exchange
Board. As a modern market for modern businesses, AQSE uses superior
technology to deliver better results for all participants, and it
is therefore fitting that we should be appointing an expert in
FinTech to the Board today. We will be consistently improving and
innovating in our technology to ensure we remain leading-edge, and
I am sure that Danny will play an integral part in this."
Danny Lopez, incoming Independent Non-Executive Director,
said:
"It is fantastic to be joining AQSE at such an exciting time in
its development, with momentum building in its IPO pipeline. It is
clear that part of the attraction for modern growth companies
looking to go public is the superior technology on offer, and I am
looking forward to building on this further with the business
alongside supporting its broader growth."
Enquiries:
Aquis Exchange PLC via
Alma PR (Financial PR Adviser) Tel: +44 (0)20 3405 0209
Susie Hudson aquis@almapr.co.uk
Kieran Breheny
Faye Calow
Liberum Capital Limited (Nominated Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000
Adviser and Joint Broker)
Chris Clarke
Clayton Bush
Edward Thomas
Kane Collings
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Bobbie Hilliam
Notes to Editors
About Aquis Exchange PLC
Aquis Exchange PLC is an exchange services group, which operates
pan-European cash equities trading businesses (Aquis Exchange),
growth and regulated primary markets (Aquis Stock Exchange/AQSE)
and develops/licenses 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 operates lit order
books and does not allow aggressive non-client proprietary trading,
which has resulted in lower market impact and signalling risk on
Aquis than other trading venues in Europe. According to independent
studies, trades on Aquis are less likely to lead to price movement
than on other lit markets. Aquis 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.
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 (AQX.L) is listed on the Alternative
Investment Market of the LSE (AIM) market. For more information,
please go to www.aquis.eu
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