ION Group

ION Group, founded in 1999 and headquartered in London, builds mission-critical financial software and data solutions covering cash, trading, risk and commodity supply chain management for corporations and financial institutions. Its technology underpins financial market infrastructure worldwide: more than 800 banks and broker-dealers run on its electronic trading platforms, and over 2,000 leading corporations use its management solutions. The firm's clients include 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world's central banks, as well as governments.

The company's work spans several technical domains: electronic trading platforms, trading and workflow automation software, risk, cash and commodity supply chain management systems, and high-value analytics. It also provides strategic consulting to financial institutions, corporations, central banks and governments, meaning engineering roles sit alongside analytics and advisory disciplines.

ION Group employs 13,000 people across more than 40 cities worldwide. The company has grown through a combination of strategic acquisitions and organic innovation, and its stated aim is to simplify complex processes and support decision-making through technology. It operates in highly regulated verticals, among them banking, broker-dealers, capital markets, central banking, corporate treasury, commodities and government.