People news 10 October 2013
The latest people moves from the egaming industry in the last seven days (4 October to 10 October 2013)
Paddys recruiting for new head of PaddyPower.com
Previous head Christopher Coyne makes internal move after 18 months in the role
Paddy Power is recruiting for a new head of its online sportsbook and gaming site, eGaming Review has learned.
The previous head of PaddyPower.com Christopher Coyne made an internal move in May to become head of competitive analysis for the operator’s digital gaming business.
Coyne had been in the role for a year and a half, having previously served as the operator’s head of gaming for more than three years.
The role incorporates Paddy Power’s online sports betting and gaming products, which helped drive the company’s online net revenue up by 29% year-on-year to 243m in the most recent financial results.
Coral chief exec Hornby facing calls to stand down
Coral chief executive Andy Hornby has been told to ‘do the honourable thing’ and stand down from his role should the company go ahead with its rumoured public listing.
The call comes after a number of leading politicians raised concerns at the prospect of former HBOS chief executive Hornby taking the reins of another listed firm. Hornby led HBOS during its high-profile collapse in 2008 and has been widely blamed for the bank’s failures and its role in the banking crisis.
Recent speculation has suggested Gala Coral is preparing an IPO and last month Coral Interactive chief John O’Reilly told eGaming Review that the private company’s stakeholders were weighing up their options.
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Playtech appoints Ian Ince as head of regulation and compliance
Israeli software supplier Playtech has appointed Ian Ince as its new head of regulation and compliance.
Ince previously served as head of regulation for Sportingbet for three years before the operator was acquired by William Hill and GVC earlier this year. Since the acquisition was completed in March Ince has been consulting to the egaming industry.
In his new role at Playtech Ince will focus on managing the supplier’s ongoing regulation processes, building relationships with regulators, and ensuring it meets existing legislations in the jurisdictions it operates in.
BetTech Gaming appoints Mike Shea as head of trading
South Africa-based gaming technology supplier BetTech Gaming has appointed former Sportingbet horse racing trading supervisor Mike Shea as the operator’s head of trading.
Shea, who originates from South Africa, will help in the development of the company’s BetTech Sports product while devising and overseeing trading strategies for BetTech clients using its Fully Managed Solution (FMS).
BetTech’s FMS is a turnkey service which the company claims enables partners to launch a sportsbook within a month.
Ladbrokes to appoint Arriva CEO to board
Ladbrokes will appoint Arriva chief executive David Martin to the company’s board as a non-executive director at the end of this month.
Martin will replace the outgoing John Jarvis, who will retire from the board at the end of the group’s AGM in 2014.
Jarvis joined the Ladbrokes board as an independent non-executive director in July 2006, chairing the board’s remuneration committee, with Martin set to succeed Jarvis in the role.
Mybet CFO retires from management board
Stefan Hänel in contact with the group’s supervisory board to agree “further necessary steps”
Mybet CFO and board member Stefan Hänel has retired from the company’s board of management after more than a decade at the sportsbook provider.
His duties will be taken on by mybet CEO Mathias Dahms until further notice, with Hänel currently in contact with the group’s supervisory board negotiating the “further necessary steps” to his departure.
Hänel has been at the Schleswig-Holstein-based operator for more than ten years having joined its management board in May 2003.