---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-019838"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BGC"
cik: "0001094831"
company_name: "BGC Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T22:07:35.821445+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BGC Partners appoints Arthur U. Mbanefo to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Mbanefo appointed to Board effective October 5, 2021; term expires at 2021 annual meeting.
- He also joins the Audit, Compensation, and ESG Committees.
- Mbanefo is CIO and Head of Principal Business and Asset Management at ORIX Corporation USA.
- Board determined Mbanefo meets independence standards and qualifies as audit committee financial expert.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-019838
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BGC
- cik: 0001094831
- company_name: BGC Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000162828021019838/0001628280-21-019838-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000162828021019838/bgcp-20211005.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-019838.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Arthur U. Mbanefo was appointed as Director at BGC Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 5, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BGC Partners, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Arthur U. Mbanefo to serve as a member of the Board for a term to expire at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000162828021019838/0001628280-21-019838-index.htm

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