IQM adds a Vanguard board director to its bench as Europe’s first quantum Nasdaq listing approaches

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IQM added Vanguard director Barbara Venneman to its board as it nears a $1.8bn Nasdaq listing, Europe’s first for a quantum computing company.

IQM Quantum Computers, the Finnish maker of superconducting quantum systems, has appointed Barbara Venneman to its board of directors as the company approaches what would be the first Nasdaq listing by a European quantum computing company. Venneman currently serves on the board of Vanguard, one of the world’s largest investment management firms, and previously led Deloitte Digital globally. The appointment signals that IQM is stacking its governance with public-markets experience ahead of a shareholder vote scheduled for June 25.

That vote will determine whether IQM completes its merger with Real Asset Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: RAAQ), a special purpose acquisition company based in Princeton, New Jersey. The deal, announced in February at a pre-money valuation of $1.8 billion, would give IQM a primary listing on Nasdaq...

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