Chair and Board Committee Changes

Entain PLC

30 September 2024

 

30 September 2024

Entain plc

("Entain" or "Group")

Chair and Board Committee Changes

Entain plc (LSE: ENT), the global sports betting and gaming group, announces that, as previously announced on 4 April 2024 and 22 July 2024, Stella David will today succeed Barry Gibson as Chair of the Board.

Stella is also appointed as Chair of the People & Governance and Capital Allocation Committees, and a member of the Sustainability & Compliance Committee with immediate effect.

Helen Ashton is appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee, succeeding Pierre Bouchut who continues as a member of this Committee.

This notification is made pursuant to LR 9.6.11R of the UK Listing Rules.

Enquiries:

Company Secretary Investor Relations - Entain plc	[e-mail] [e-mail]
Media - Entain plc	[e-mail]
Sodali & Co Rob Greening/Russ Lynch/Sam Austrums	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]

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, SuperSport and TAB NZ; Gaming brands include Foxy Bingo, Gala, GiocoDigitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, Partypoker and PartyCasino. 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 AA rated by MSCI. For more information see the Group's website: www.entaingroup.com

Notes for Editors

The Entain Board consists of:

·      Stella David, Chair of the Board

·      Gavin Isaacs, Chief Executive Officer 

·      Rob Wood, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO

·      Pierre Bouchut, 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

·      David Satz, Independent Non-Executive Director

·      Rahul Welde, Independent Non-Executive Director

Following these changes membership of the Board Committees is:

Audit Committee	Capital Allocation Committee	People & Governance Committee	Sustainability & Compliance Committee	Remuneration Committee
Helen Ashton (Chair)	Stella David (Chair)	Stella David (Chair)	David Satz (Chair)	Amanda Brown (Chair)
Pierre Bouchut	Pierre Bouchut	Amanda Brown	Stella David	Virginia McDowell
David Satz	Ricky Sandler	Virginia McDowell	Virginia McDowell	Rahul Welde
Rahul Welde		Ricky Sandler
		Rahul Welde

 

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