John Nixon, chief executive of Icap electronic broking, has been appointed to the board of Icap plc as an executive director. “I am very pleased that John Nixon has become an executive director of Icap. With 30 years’ experience in the interdealer broking industry, involving both voice and electronic broking, he brings a very valuable perspective to the board,” says Michael Spencer, the company’s group chief executive. Nixon has been at Icap full time since 2004. Before that, he served as a non-executive director from 1999 to 2002 and before that he was chief executive of Tullett and Tokyo Forex, now part of Tullett Prebon.