Flutter Entertainment Announces Two New Appointments to Board of Directors
July 01 2024 - 9:01AM
Business Wire
New appointments bring deep entertainment
industry experience to Flutter’s Board of Directors
Flutter Entertainment (“Flutter”) (NYSE: FLUT, LSE: FLTR), the
world’s leading online sports betting and iGaming operator of
brands including FanDuel, announced the appointment of Christine M.
McCarthy and Robert R. (“Dob”) Bennett to the Board of Directors,
effective July 30, 2024. Ms. McCarthy will sit on the Audit
Committee and Mr. Bennett will serve as a member of the Risk and
Sustainability Committee.
“Christine and Dob’s extensive experience in the entertainment
industry will be an invaluable asset to Flutter as we continue to
extend our leading position as a global online sports betting and
iGaming provider,” said John Bryant, Chair of the Flutter Board.
“We look forward to welcoming both Dob and Christine to the Board
as non-executive directors and benefitting from their unique
perspective and industry knowledge.”
Ms. McCarthy is an accomplished entertainment executive and held
several senior leadership positions at The Walt Disney Company
during her tenure, most recently as a Strategic Advisor. Prior to
this, she served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer. She joined Disney in 2000, as Senior Vice
President and Treasurer, and also served as Executive Vice
President, Corporate Real Estate, Alliances and Treasurer, prior to
her role as CFO. She currently serves as a director of The Procter
& Gamble Company and is the Chair of its Audit Committee and is
a director of FM Global and the Chair of its Finance Committee.
Mr. Bennett is the Managing Director of Hilltop Investments,
LLC, a private investment company. Previously, he served as
President of Discovery Holding Company, a media and entertainment
company and as President and Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Financial Officer, at Liberty Media Corporation. Before that, Mr.
Bennett worked at Tele-Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New
York. He currently serves as a director of HP Inc. and Liberty
Media. Previously, he served as a director of Warner Bros.
Discovery, Inc., Sprint Corporation, Demand Media, Inc., Discovery
Holding Company, Liberty Interactive Corporation and Sprint Nextel
Corporation.
About Flutter Entertainment
Flutter is the world's leading online sports betting and iGaming
operator, with a market leading position in the US and across the
world. Our ambition is to leverage our significant scale and our
challenger mindset to change our industry for the better. By
Changing the Game, we believe we can deliver long-term growth while
promoting a positive, sustainable future for all our stakeholders.
We are well-placed to do so through the distinctive, global
competitive advantages of the Flutter Edge, which gives our brands
access to group-wide benefits to stay ahead of the competition, as
well as our clear vision for sustainability through our Positive
Impact Plan.
Flutter operates a diverse portfolio of leading online sports
betting and iGaming brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting &
Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola,
Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet. We are the industry
leader with $11,790m of revenue globally for fiscal 2023, up 25%
YoY, and $3,397m of revenue globally for the quarter ended March
31, 2024.
For more information about Flutter Entertainment, please visit
www.flutter.com.
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