ENT Entain Plc

14 February 2025

Entain plc

("Entain" or "Company")

Senior Independent Director and Board Committee Changes

Further to its announcement on 11 February 2025, Entain plc (LSE: ENT), the global sports betting and gaming group, announces the appointment of David Satz as the Senior Independent Director with immediate effect. 

David has been a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 22 October 2020. He is the Chair of the Sustainability & Compliance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Interim Chair, Pierre Bouchut is appointed Chair of both the Capital Allocation and People & Governance committees.  Pierre has also stepped down from the Audit Committee.

Helen Ashton is appointed as a member of the Capital Allocation Committee.

As Interim Chief Executive Officer, Stella David has stepped down from the Capital Allocation, People & Governance and Sustainability & Compliance committees.

This notification is made pursuant to LR 6.4.6R of the UK Listing Rules.

Enquiries:

LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28

About Entain plc

Entain plc (LSE: ENT) is a FTSE100 company and is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail sector. The Group owns a comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports brands include BetCity, bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds, Sportingbet, Sports Interaction, STS and SuperSport; Gaming brands include Foxy Bingo, Gala, GiocoDigitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, Partypoker and PartyCasino. The Group operates the TAB NZ brand as part of a long-term strategic partnership with TAB New Zealand. The Group owns proprietary technology across all its core product verticals and in addition to its B2C operations provides services to a number of third-party customers on a B2B basis.

The Group has a 50/50 joint venture, BetMGM, a leader in sports betting and iGaming in the US. Entain provides the technology and capabilities which power BetMGM as well as exclusive games and products, specially developed at its in-house gaming studios. The Group is tax resident in the UK and is the only global operator to exclusively operate in domestically regulated or regulating markets operating in over 30 territories.

Entain is a leader in ESG, a member of FTSE4Good, the DJSI and is AAA rated by MSCI. For more information see the Group's website: www.entaingroup.com

Notes for Editors

The Entain Board consists of:

·      Pierre Bouchut, Interim Chair of the Board

·      Stella David, Interim Chief Executive Officer 

·      Rob Wood, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO

·      David Satz, Senior Independent Director

·      Helen Ashton, Independent Non-Executive Director

·      Amanda Brown, Independent Non-Executive Director

·      Ronald J Kramer, Independent Non-Executive Director

·      Virginia McDowell, Independent Non-Executive Director

·      Ricky Sandler, Non-Executive Director

·      Rahul Welde, Independent Non-Executive Director

Following these changes membership of the Board Committees is: