By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Activist investor Impactive Capital has selected a handful of director candidates with experience in banking and payments to serve on financial technology company WEX’s board, signaling its intent to push ahead with a planned proxy fight.

Impactive, which owns 6.4% of WEX, signed up four industry executives to serve on its slate, two people familiar with the matter said. Impactive co-founder Lauren Taylor Wolfe may also stand as a director candidate, taking the number of total candidates to five, said the sources, who are not permitted to discuss the private agreements publicly.

The selection of directors – long before the window to nominate candidates opens next year – underscores ongoing tension between the two sides. Impactive said in May, j

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