Ladbrokes general counsel Adelman stands down
Jonathan Adelman stands down from his roles of general counsel and company secretary and is replaced by Annabel Bannerman
Ladbrokes general counsel and company secretary Jonathan Adelman has stood down from his roles after five years at the firm.
Adelman joined Ladbrokes in August 2008 having previously served as group legal counsel and senior counsel at hospitality giant Hilton Worldwide. Adelman left the firm last week and is not expected to take on a new role until after this summer.
He led an overhaul of Ladbrokes’ external legal counsels in January last year, cutting the number of firms on the operator’s legal panel from 50 to 22 and appointed several gaming specialists such as Harris Hagan and DLA Piper.
Ladbrokes confirmed Adelman’s departure, and a company spokesperson informed eGaming Review that Adelman had planned for his succession.
His deputy Annabel Bannerman, who originally joined Ladbrokes in 2010 as a senior legal counsel, has been promoted to general counsel having previously served at SJ Berwin, the same solicitors Adelman had worked at prior to joining the Hilton Group.
Bannerman served as a senior legal counsel at the firm for two-and-a-half years between August 2010 and January 2013, becoming Adelman’s deputy in February last year.
Adelman’s responsibilities as company secretary will be assumed by Adrian Bushnell, who joined the firm in January as its head of secretariat.
Bushnell served as head of secretariat at Lloyds Banking Group last year, having previously served as the group company secretary at Millennium & Copthorne Hotels.