Gambling.com board restructure

News on 13 Feb 2018

Gambling.com Group plc has appointed Susan Ball and Pär Sundberg to the Board as independent, non-executive directors as Gerard Hall and Kevin McCrystle step down.

In addition, Mark Blandford has been appointed to the new role of Chairman.  Blandford is a serial entrepreneur and investor in the gambling industry.  He is a founding partner of Burlywood Capital LLP, a digital Pay2Play investor and Chairs numerous boards including FSB Technology.

The Gambling.com Group Plc board now comprises Charles Gillespie as an executive director, Fredrik Burvall, Susan Ball and Pär Sundberg as independent, non-executive directors along with Mark Blandford as chairman.

Susan Ball, who will chair the audit committee, is an experienced senior executive and board member in the online gambling industry, having led the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Unibet Group plc (Now Kindred Group plc) on Nasdaq OMX First North as Chief Financial Officer. Ball currently serves as a non-executive director of Kambi Group plc.

Pär Sundberg, who will chair the remuneration committee, co-founded OTW, Sweden’s leading provider of content marketing services. He served as Group President and CEO of OTW from inception in 1996 until 2009, prior to which he was President and CEO of Metronome Film & Television.

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