Aquis Exchange PLC Appointment to the AQSE Board
October 19 2020 - 1:00AM
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19 October 2020
19 October 2020
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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 Lesley Gregory 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.
Lesley is the chairperson of leading international law firm
Memery Crystal, a role she has held since 2016, having previously
been CEO at the firm for six years. She is a preeminent lawyer,
with an established reputation in the capital markets space. She
also has substantial business acumen having advised her
entrepreneurial and international client base over the years. She
has significant experience in advisory roles and in advising
private growth companies. She has also previously been a
non-executive director on the board of Accuma Group plc, a listed
company, before it was taken private.
Lesley has been a champion of diversity throughout her career
and has ensured that this has remained at the forefront of Memery
Crystal's core values. She founded a successful female
entrepreneurs' network in 2014 to connect female founders with
other likeminded individuals and senior investors. She has also won
numerous awards during her career, including Legal Adviser of the
Year at the Women in Finance Awards.
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. Following approval from the FCA, the
acquisition of AQSE (formerly NEX Exchange) was completed in March
2020.
Aquis has set out its vision to apply its core values of
transparency and innovation to AQSE, and is committed to improving
the market through enhanced trading mechanisms, the prohibition of
short selling, the segmentation of the market, and gaining greater
institutional and asset manager support.
Michael Berkeley, Chairman of Aquis Stock Exchange,
commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Lesley to the AQSE Board. Not only
does she have deep knowledge and experience in legal matters and
capital markets, she is also a business leader and clearly
entrepreneurial in nature. Her expertise, network and advisory
experience will be a huge benefit to AQSE as we embark on the next
stage of our development."
Lesley Gregory, incoming Independent Non-Executive Director,
said:
"It is my great pleasure to be joining the AQSE team. Its level
of ambition is clear, and I am excited to be able to support its
growth objectives by offering a legal perspective and through
strategic advice."
Enquiries:
Aquis Exchange PLC Tel: +44 (0)20 3597
6321
Alasdair Haynes, CEO
Jonathan Clelland, CFO and COO
Belinda Keheyan, Head of Marketing Tel: +44 (0)20 3597
6329
Liberum Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser Tel: +44 (0)20 3100
and Broker) 2000
Clayton Bush
Chris Clarke
Edward Thomas
Kane Collings
Alma PR (Financial PR Adviser) Tel: +44 (0)20 3405
0205
Susie Hudson aquis@almapr.co.uk
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett
Kieran Breheny
Notes to editors:
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 and in
EU27 respectively. Aquis operates a lit order book and does not
allow aggressive non-client proprietary trading, which has resulted
in lower toxicity 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.
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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