BOARD
Executive Directors
Kenneth Alexander (Chief Executive)
Kenneth joined the Board on 4 March 2010 and has served on the board of directors of GVC Holdings since February 2007 when he joined the GVC Group as Chief Executive. He was formerly Finance Director, then Managing Director, of the European operations of Sportingbet plc, the AIM listed internet gaming and sportsbetting company which he joined in 2000. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and previously worked for Grant Thornton.
Richard Cooper (Group Finance Director)
Richard joined the Board on 4 March 2010 and has served on the board of directors of GVC Holdings since December 2008 when he joined the GVC Group as Group Finance Director. He spent the early part of his career in the financial markets where he was finance director at the principal UK subsidiary of the Tullett and Tokyo Group (a forerunner of Tullett Prebon plc) and Chief Financial Officer at Fidelity Brokerage. He then undertook a number of restructuring roles including working as finance director at Patsystems Group plc. In early 2005, he became a founder director of Trident Gaming plc which bought, developed and then sold the Gamebookers business. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Non-Executive Directors
Lee Feldman (Non-executive Chairman)
Lee holds a law degree from Columbia University and is currently the Managing Partner of Twin Lakes Capital, a private equity firm based in New York City. He joined the Board on 4 March 2010 and has served on the board of directors of GVC Holdings as a non-executive director since its admission to AIM in December 2004 and as Chairman since September 2008. He is a member of both the GVC Group Audit and Remuneration Committees and will remain a member of each of these committees within the Redomiciled Group. He currently serves on a number of boards, including MacKenzie-Childs LLC, LRN Corporation and RM Auctions Inc. Prior to joining Twin Lakes Capital, he was a partner at Softbank Capital Partners, a US private equity fund focused on technology and media enterprises. He is a US citizen.
Karl Diacono (NED)
Karl joined the Board on 4 March 2010 and has served on the board of directors of GVC Holdings as a nonexecutive Director since December 2008. He chairs the GVC Group Audit Committee and serves on the Remuneration Committee and will continue to chair the Audit Committee and to serve on the Remuneration Committee within the Redomiciled Group. He holds a Masters Degree in Management and is currently CEO of Fenlex Corporate Services Limited, a corporate service provider based in Malta, and managing director of Impetus Europe Consulting Group. He is also a non-executive director of various online gaming companies and is actively involved in the hospitality industry. Karl is also a Director of Gaming VC Corporation, a Maltese subsidiary of the GVC Group to which Fenlex Corporate Services Limited also provides certain payroll and administrative services. He is a Maltese citizen.
Nigel Blythe-Tinker (NED, UK)
Nigel joined the Board on 4 March 2010 and has served on the board of directors of GVC Holdings as a nonexecutive Director since its admission to AIM in December 2004 and as Chairman from December 2004 to November 2006. He chairs the GVC Group Remuneration Committee and serves on the Audit Committee and will continue to chair the Remuneration Committee and to serve on the Audit Committee within the Redomiciled Group. He is also the Executive Chairman of Pentasia Limited, (a recruitment business specialising in the gaming sector) and is a director of Uluvka Limited (a vodka business). He was previously a consultant and adviser to Coral Eurobet Limited and, from 1999 to 2004, group company secretary and head of legal at William Hill plc as well as a member of the executive management team. Prior to this, he held various senior executive positions at Michael Page plc, Thorn Lighting Group plc, Framlington Group plc and The Rank Organisation plc.
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