GVC Holdings PLC Appointment of a Senior Independent Director (2612A)
March 23 2017 - 3:01AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2612A
GVC Holdings PLC
23 March 2017
23 March 2017
GVC Holdings PLC
("GVC", the "Company")
Appointment of a Senior Independent Director
GVC is pleased to announce the appointment today of Will
Whitehorn to the Company's board of directors as Senior Independent
Director.
Will is the Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director at
Stagecoach Group plc and is an independent Non-executive Director
of Purplebricks Group plc. He is also a member of the First
Minister of Scotland's 'GlobalScot' Business mentoring network,
President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and
Chairman of the Scottish Gallery and Scottish Event Campus
Limited.
Previously, Will joined the Virgin Group in 1987 and served as
Group Public Relations Manager and as Brand Development and
Corporate Affairs Director, as well as being a founding director of
Virgin Games, before being appointed as President of Virgin
Galactic from 2007 to 2011. He is also a former non-executive
Chairman of Next Fifteen Communications Group plc, Crowd Reactive
Limited and Speed Communications Agency Limited, and was a member
of the Science & Technology Facilities Council ("STFC") until
2012, chairing its Economic Impact Advisory Board and was a
Non-executive director of STFC Innovations Limited.
Lee Feldman, GVC's Chairman, commented:
"I am delighted that Will has agreed to join the Board and we
look forward to working with him. He brings a wealth of innovative
commercial experience and corporate knowledge. The appointment
reflects the Company's continuing commitment to broadening the
skills-base of its Board and enhancing its corporate governance
practices following the move to the Premium Segment [of the
Official List] in 2016."
Will Whitehorn commented:
"I am very excited to be joining and contributing to the great
team who have built GVC so successfully. It is a company which is
growing in an industry that is changing dramatically due to new
technology, competition and regulation. All of which means exciting
opportunities and challenges ahead."
There are no other disclosures to be made for Will Whitehorn
under Listing Rule 9.6.13.
For further information:
GVC Holdings PLC
Tel: +44 (0)
Kenneth Alexander, Chief Executive 1624 652 559
Paul Miles, Chief Financial
Officer
Nick Batram, Head of Investor Tel: +44 (0)
Relations & Corporate Strategy 20 7337 0110
Media enquiries:
Bell Pottinger
David Rydell, Anna Legge, Laura Tel: +44 (0)
Jaques 20 3772 2500
About GVC Holdings PLC
GVC Holdings PLC is a leading e-gaming operator in both B2C and
B2B markets. GVC has four business segments with a number of
brands; Sports labels (bwin, Sportingbet, gamebookers), Gaming
labels (partypoker, partycasino, Foxy Bingo, Gioco Digitale,
CasinoClub), B2B and non-core assets. GVC acquired bwin.party
digital entertainment plc on 1 February 2016. The Group is
headquartered in the Isle of Man, is a constituent of the FTSE 250
index and has licences in more than 18 countries.
For more information see the Group's website:
www.gvc-plc.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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