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Addressing executive remuneration at Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) first ever AGM, Chairman Gary McGann stated that the company had implemented a ‘fair, transparent and balanced’ policy. McGann noted concerns on the matter, following 32% of shareholders voting against PPB’s executive pay report at the meeting. PPB’s Chairman stated that the divide stemmed from a change in the new group’s long …

Newly merged Paddy Power Betfair has confirmed that Chief Operational Officer (COO) Andy McCue has decided to step down from his leadership role at the FTSE 100 listed operator. The announcement of McCue’s departure will surprise many industry commentators, who had predicted that McCue would likely succeed Breon Corcoran as CEO of Paddy Power Betfair in the near future. McCue …

Having secured a listing day share price of £105 on the London Stock Exchange, newly merged betting enterprise ‘Paddy Power Betfair’ confirmed its new governance team, which will lead the company post-merger integration. ‘Paddy Power Betfair’ will be led by former Betfair CEO Breon Corcoran, who will serve under the Chairmanship of Gary McGann (former CEO of Smurfit Kappa Group). …

Ahead of today’s Annual General Meeting, Paddy Power announced that retiring Smurfit Kappa CEO Gary McGann will become the operators new Chairman, replacing the outgoing Nigel Northridge who will step down from the company board at the end of June. Last week Irish business news reports had speculated that McGann would be the strong favourite to replace Northridge who has …

Paddy Power has announced the appointment of Gary McGann to its board as independent Non-Executive Director, and as a Member of its corporate auditing committee. McGann who serves as Chief Executive Officer of global paper-based packaging firm Smurfit Kappa Group. Nigel Northridge, Chairman of Paddy Power, said: “ The depth of skills and experience he has acquired leading large international …