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BTQ Technologies Appoints Lionel de Saint-Exupéry to Board of Directors and as Chair of Audit Committee
BTQ Technologies Appoints Lionel de Saint-Exupéry to Board of Directors and as Chair of Audi...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nBTQ Technologies Appoints Lionel de Saint-Exupéry to Board of Directors and as Chair of Audit Committee\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\n\n\nVANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 5, 2026 /CNW/ - BTQ Technologies Corp. (\"BTQ\" or the \"Company\") (Nasdaq: BTQ) (CBOE CA: BTQ) (FSE: NG3), a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, is pleased to announce that Lionel de Saint-Exupéry has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors and will serve as Chair of the Audit Committee.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. de Saint-Exupéry is the Executive Chairman of Saintex Capital Management, a family-owned platform that manages long-term capital across public and private markets, with a primary focus on venture capital, private equity, private credit, and real estate. He is the former Vice Chairman of KGI Financial Holdings (\"KGI\"), a leading publicly listed financial holding company in the Asia Pacific region with a market capitalization of approximately US$10 billion, and its investment arm, CDIB Capital Group (\"CDIB\"), where he also previously served as Chief Executive Officer. He remains actively involved with the group as a Senior Advisor and Investment Committee member.\nOver nearly two decades, Mr. de Saint-Exupéry has played a central role in transforming CDIB into a fully fledged regional alternative asset manager, building an international investment platform and developing multiple private-market strategies. As Chairman of KGI's Strategy Committee, he contributed to the group's significant growth, with total assets increasing from approximately US$8 billion in 2006 to US$125 billion today. He spearheaded core initiatives including new leadership development, capital reallocation, accelerated digitization, and the implementation of group-wide synergies.\nPrior to joining KGI and CDIB in 2006, Mr. de Saint-Exupéry was a senior banker in the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers in New York and London, where he worked on more than US$45 billion of public and private transactio...