LCG’s COO Arman Tahmassebi Parts Ways with Group

London Capital Group (LCG) has a key vacancy to fill in its London operations, following the departure of Arman Tahmassebi, who has just parted ways with the broker, Finance Magnates has learned. LCG's management has expressed its gratitude for the services of its former Chief Operating Office (COO).

Mr. Tahmassebi joined LCG back in January 2015, having served as its COO for a year. Prior to landing at LCG, he worked at IG Group for over fifteen years in a number of senior level roles. Over the course of his lengthy career at IG Group, Mr. Tahmassebi also handled a variety of tasks including the oversight of sales, marketing, customer service, operations and finance, among other tasks.

In addition an LCG spokesperson has confided to Finance Magnates that the company appointed Blair Wright as CIO and Gleb Kaplan as CTO. Both will be reporting directly to the CEO of the brokerage Charles-Henri Sabet.

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During his tenure at IG Group Mr. Tahmassebi worked as the company’s Global Head of Operations, as well as stints as its Managing Director - Europe and South Africa, and Head of IT Development. Moreover, he was also the President and CEO of President & CEO IG Markets North America for nearly two years in Chicago, as well as the Global Head of Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term Trading dating back to 2002.

The move happens only a couple of weeks after LCG rebranded its website and consolidated brands before embarking on a marketing campaign which is initially targeting the UK market.