(Reuters) - IG Group Holdings Plc (>> IG Group Holdings plc), a British online trading company, said it had appointed Paul Mainwaring as chief financial officer designate, adding that Mainwaring would take on the full role of finance head after a regulatory nod.

Mainwaring, who was CFO at interdealer broker Tullett Prebon Plc (>> Tullett Prebon Plc) until May, will take over from Mark Ward, IG said.

Ward was seconded to IG Group by Deloitte whilst the betting firm found a permanent CFO after its previous finance chief, Chris Hill, left the post in August to become the CFO of Hargreaves Lansdown Plc (>> Hargreaves Lansdown PLC).

(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil Nair)