Playtech installs Sports management team with Betfair and OpenBet hires
Supplier appoints COO, CTO and product director as part of plans to unify sportsbook division
Playtech has installed a new management team for its Sports division after making a trio of senior appointments from the likes of Paddy Power Betfair and OpenBet.
Experienced trading director Richard Andrew has been hired as Playtech Sports chief operating officer and joins the supplier after leading trading operations at Ladbrokes and, most recently, The Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Danny Angus has also joined as chief technical officer from OpenBet, where he had been responsible for all of OpenBet’s in-venue technology in his role as product director.
Meanwhile, Paddy Power Betfair’s product lead manager for exchange and sportsbook, Eoin Redmond, will join Playtech on 1 October as sportsbook product director. Redmond previously had spells at Full Tilt and IBM.
The appointment of the new senior Sports team comes as the firm prepares to say goodbye to Ladbrokes Coral-bound strategic advisor Ian Chuter at the end of next month.
Chuter, who will become Ladbrokes Coral digital COO, joined Playtech last October with the task of reviewing the Playtech Sports operation and to consolidate its various sports subsidiaries into a single Playtech Sports operation.
Playtech chief executive Mor Weizer said Chuter had done a “first-class job” in creating a “consolidated sports business” which, coupled with the new hires, would enable the firm to deliver a market leading omni-channel experience to a growing roster of clients.
“On behalf of the Playtech Group management team I would like to thank Ian for his significant contribution over the last 12 months and look forward to continuing to work with him as we continue to deliver excellent results for both Ladbrokes and Coral,” Weizer added.
Playtech are lead technology suppliers to both Ladbrokes and Coral, with the latter leveraging Playtech’s single-wallet solution for its Coral Connect card, holders of which contributed 48% of total revenues during Q3.
The firm also announced that Peter Greberg had been appointed as technical director and leader of the division’s Malmo operations.