IonQ has announced several key leadership appointments. Inder M. Singh has been named Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Singh, formerly CFO of Arm, will oversee IonQ’s financial strategy and operations. In connection with his appointment, he has stepped down from IonQ’s Board of Directors. In other board news, Jim Frankola, former CFO of Ariba and Cloudera, and William “Bill” Teuber Jr., former Vice Chairman of EMC, have both been appointed to IonQ’s Board of Directors. Frankola brings extensive cloud and enterprise software expertise, while Teuber’s background in finance and large-scale enterprise technology will support IonQ’s growth. A news release on Singh’s appointment is available here, on Frankola’s here, and on Teuber’s here.
OrangeQS has appointed Gregory Peters as its new Board Chair. Peters brings over 30 years of experience in the high-tech industry, with executive and board roles at companies including Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, Keysight Technologies, and Rigetti Computing. His full-stack quantum experience will be instrumental in supporting OrangeQS’s ambition to become a leader in quantum chip test equipment. More details on his appointment are available here.
ARQUE Systems GmbH announced that Prof. Dr. David DiVincenzo, a renowned physicist in quantum information, has joined the company as a Scientific Advisor. Dr. DiVincenzo is widely known for the “DiVincenzo criteria,” which remain fundamental benchmarks for building quantum computers. His role will be to support ARQUE Systems in bringing quantum computing from fundamental research to real-world applications. The announcement can be found here.
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has added two prominent leaders in the financial sector to its Board of Directors. Nigel Higgins, Group Chairman of Barclays, and Colin Bell, former CEO of HSBC Bank plc and HSBC Europe, will join the board. Both bring decades of experience in global banking, finance, and risk management, reinforcing OQC’s commitment to delivering quantum computing solutions for the financial services industry. A news release on Higgins’s appointment is available here, and one on Bell’s is available here.
D-Wave has expanded its executive leadership with the appointment of Stan Black as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Black, a cybersecurity veteran with over 20 years of experience, will align the company’s security strategy with its business goals, inform product development, and advance AI and machine learning governance. His expertise will ensure D-Wave continues to implement world-class security and compliance practices. The announcement is available here.
KETS Quantum Security has appointed Stuart Woods as Executive Chair to guide its strategy. Woods brings over 30 years of experience in technology commercialization and leadership, with previous roles at Oxford Instruments NanoScience and the Niels Bohr Institute. His focus will be on scaling KETS’ business and preparing the company for a Series A fundraising round as it aims to scale its quantum security solutions for communications and critical infrastructure. The announcement is available here.
We wish all these organizations and individuals success in their new endeavors.
September 6, 2025
