Senior Management Appointment

RNS Number : 1117C

Playtech Limited

09 November 2009

 



Playtech Limited ("Playtech")

Senior Management Appointment

Playtech, (AIM:PTEC) the international designer, developer and licensor of software for the online, mobile and land-based gaming industry, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Ross Hawley to the newly created post of Head of Investor Relations.  

Ross will work closely with Playtech's Executive management and external investor and analyst audiences to promote Playtech's strong investment case. He has broad experience across investor relations, corporate finance and business development having worked both as an in-house adviser and within the investment banking industry. 

Most recently, Ross spent over 10 years at the FTSE100 hedge fund manager, Man Group plc, working on a wide range of corporate transactions and maintaining relationships ranging from investors and affiliated hedge fund managers through to banking, legal & accounting advisers.  

Previously, Ross spent a number of years in investment banking, working principally on capital raisings across Europe and the emerging markets.  

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For further information contact:

Piers Coombs / Bruce Garrow Collins Stewart	[phone]
David Rydell / Olly Scott / Samantha Boston Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial	[phone]

About Playtech

Playtech develops unified software platforms for the online and land based gambling industry, primarily targeting existing online operators wanting to upgrade their system; sportsbooks looking to diversify and land-based operators making their online debut. Playtech gaming applications - online casino, poker, bingo, mobile gaming, live gaming, land-based kiosk networks and fixed-odds games - are fully inter-compatible and can be freely incorporated as stand-alone applications, accessed and funded by players through the same user account and managed by the operator by means of a single powerful management interface. Founded in 1999, Playtech has more than 800 personnel distributed globally, around seventy five percent of whom are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.

www.playtech.com

 

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