Online betting firm Flutter taps Disney veteran to join board of directors

Liberty Media

01/07/2024 17:03

July 1 (Reuters) - Flutter Entertainment  FLTRF.L , the
world's largest online betting firm, said on Monday it has
appointed Walt Disney's  DIS.N  former finance chief Christine
McCarthy to its board of directors. 
    The company also added Robert Bennett, former director at
Warner Bros Discovery  WBD.O , to its board.
    McCarthy will sit on Flutter's audit committee and Bennett
will serve as a member of the risk and sustainability committee
as part of the appointments, effective July 30.
    McCarthy is a 23-year Disney veteran who became CFO of the
company in 2015, which she held until June last year. During her
tenure, she has held several leadership roles at Disney and is
currently a director at Procter & Gamble  PG.N .
    Bennett has previously been the president and chief
executive officer of Liberty Media  FWONA.O . He is currently a
director at HP  HPQ.N  and Liberty Media. 
    In May, Dublin-based Flutter named Rob Coldrake as its new
group CFO replacing Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson, who would also be
stepping down from his role as executive director.

 

 (Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese; Editing by Krishna
Chandra Eluri)
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