Tag Archives: Chris Bell

Codere appoints Luis Villalba as CFO for business transformation 

SBC News Codere appoints Luis Villalba as CFO for business transformation 

Grupo Codere continues the restructuring of its executive leadership team, announcing the appointment of Luis Villalba as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The appointment sees Villalba replace the incumbent CFO, Óscar Fernández de Llano, who resigned from Codere’s leadership team during H1 proceedings. A 25-year executive in financial management, Villalba joins Codere from food and olive oil exporter Deoleo …

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Codere enlists new board to revive business prospects 

SBC News Codere enlists new board to revive business prospects 

A new board of directors has been appointed to revitalise the business of heritage Spanish gambling group Codere SA.  An announcement made by ‘Nueva Codere’, the business identity of Codere under the ownership of bondholders, confirmed that Christopher Bell had been approved as Non-Executive Chairman of the company. The appointment of Bell, the former Chief Executive of Ladbrokes Plc and …

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XLMedia appoints Cédric Boireau as non-exec advisor

SBC News XLMedia appoints Cédric Boireau as non-exec advisor

XLMedia Plc has confirmed the appointment of Cédric Boireau as a non-executive director of the London AIM-listed igaming publishing group with immediate effect. Boireau will serve as the appointed representative of Premier Investissement, a Parisian fund that currently serves as XLMedia’s largest shareholder maintaining 28% of corporate shares. A 9-year executive of Premier Investissement, Boireau has formerly led Bassac – …

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Amit Ben Yehuda steps down from XLMedia

SBC News Amit Ben Yehuda steps down from XLMedia

Affiliate marketing publisher XLMedia has confirmed that Amit Ben Yehuda will step down from the company’s board. Yehuda, who initially joined XLMedia in 2016, will step down as Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. Chris Bell, Chairman of XLMedia, commented: “I would like to express my personal gratitude to Amit for the wise counsel he has provided over …

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XLMedia CEO Stuart Simms appointed to Board of Directors

SBC News XLMedia CEO Stuart Simms appointed to Board of Directors

Affiliate marketing publisher XLMedia has confirmed that its newly appointed CEO Stuart Simms has joined the company’s Board of Directors with immediate effect. Simms, who will hold the position of Director of the Company, joined XLMedia on 2 October replacing the digital performance marketing services provider’s co-founder and long-serving chief executive Ory Weihs. Weihs will continue to support the XLMedia Board, …

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XLMedia confirms departure of Yehuda Dahan as CFO

SBC News XLMedia confirms departure of Yehuda Dahan as CFO

London AIM-listed industry affiliate marketing publisher XLMedia Plc has confirmed that Yehuda Dahan has informed corporate governance of his decision to step down as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect. Updating stakeholders, XLMedia governance has moved to install Liat Hellman, the current financial lead of subsidiary portal Webpals, as his interim replacement. Led by Chairman Chris Bell, the XLMedia …

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Rank Group confirms departure of Ian Burke as Chairman

SBC News Rank Group confirms departure of Ian Burke as Chairman

Further to publishing its Q3 2018/19 trading update, the governance of London-listed Rank Group Plc has this morning disclosed that Ian Burke will not stand for re-election as Corporate Chairman. Updating investors, Rank informs that Burke has submitted a personal notice informing governance of his decision to end his 8-year tenure as Rank Group Chairman. Rank governance informs that Senior …

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XLMedia completes strategic review… company not for sale

SBC News XLMedia completes strategic review... company not for sale

Having completed a strategic corporate review, the board of XLMedia has concluded that the company will continue to operate as independent enterprise, scrapping any plans of selling its business or assets. The governance of the London AIM-listed company stated that it believed that in remaining independent it would best serve its goal of “maximising value for shareholders”. Following a record …

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Not a game of passing the buck but definitely more to play for – the Senet Group

SBC News Not a game of passing the buck but definitely more to play for – the Senet Group

Gambling Consultant Steve Donoughue takes a look at the attempt of bookmakers to replicate the alcohol industry’s Portman Group. Yesterday saw the launch of the Senet Group by the big 3 Bookmakers and Irish upstart Paddy Power. For those of you who missed it, which is odd because it got some good news coverage, the Senet Group will be an …

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