Board of Directors

Andrew Mc Iver

Andrew McIver – Group Chief Executive

Andrew Mc Iver
Andrew McIver, aged 48, formerly Group Finance Director, took over as group Chief Executive in October 2006. Andrew qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Anderson.

Following two years in the Corporate Finance department at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Andrew held senior finance positions at Signet Group Plc, Ladbrokes Group Plc and British Telecom's Internet division. He was Director of Finance with House of Fraser Plc for four years before joining Sportingbet in December 2001.
Jim Wilkinson

Jim Wilkinson – Group Finance Director

Jim Wilkinson
Jim, aged 45, joined Sportingbet plc as Group Finance Director in February 2008, prior to which he held the role of CFO at Johnson Services Group plc ((2004-2007) and Informa Group Plc (1998-2004).

Jim qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross London.
Peter Dicks

Peter Dicks – Chairman and Non-Executive Director

Peter Dicks
Peter Dicks, aged 68, joined the Board of Sportingbet as Chairman in January 2000.

He resigned in September 2006 as a result of actions taken by the State of Louisiana with regard to online gaming activities in the United States. He re-joined the Board as Chairman and Non-Executive Director in February 2008.

Peter started his career as a stockbroker, and was co-founder of Abingworth Plc in 1973.

Peter is a director of a number of quoted and unquoted companies including Graphite Enterprise Trust PLC, Polar Capital Technology Trust, Private Equity Investor, Mears Group and Standard MicroSystems a US NASDAQ quoted company.

Peter is also a Director of Daniel Stewart and Company.
Brian Harris

Brian Harris – Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Brian Harris
Brian Harris, aged 64, joined Sportingbet as Non-Executive Director in January 2003.

The founder and senior partner of a London law firm with an international clientele, he acts for foreign governments, multi-national corporations, national airlines, and high net worth individuals and companies.

He is actively involved in charity work related to sport for the disabled.

Rory Macnamara - Non-Executive Director

Rory joined Sportingbet as a Non-Executive Director in June 2011.
Rory qualified as an ACA with Price Waterhouse before joining Morgan Grenfell, later Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, in 1981 as an investment banker. Over the following seventeen years he advised clients on a wide range of corporate finance issues and became Head of the Advisory/M&A division in 1995 and Deputy Chairman the following year. In 1999 Rory joined Lehman Brothers as Head of UK Coverage and led teams advising a number of major UK and international clients. In 2001 he became an independent consultant working with Lehman Brothers on M&A projects and with other companies on their business development and financial and acquisition strategies. Besides this extensive corporate finance experience he also brings to Sportingbet a significant understanding of public company management from the many boards he has joined over the last 10 years.

Chris Moss - Non-Executive Director

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