Rob

Ferguson

General Counsel

Rob has over 20 years of experience in legal and commercial roles.

He began his legal career at Shearman & Sterling, working in Toronto, Singapore, Tokyo and London before joining Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a partner in their London office. Rob has been recognised as a leading lawyer for high yield capital markets by the International Financial Law Review.

Rob also previously served as Chief Commercial Officer of IG Investments, where he spearheaded the development of IG’s Smart Portfolio digital investment advice platform in partnership with BlackRock.

He is a London Business School Sloan Fellow (MSc in Leadership and Strategy) and holds degrees in law from Oxford University and in Economics with Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.