18th Nov 2009 07:00
For immediate release: 18 November 2009
LADBROKES STRENGTHENS BOARD WITH NEW
NON-EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
Ladbrokes, one of the world's leading bookmakers, today announced the appointment of two Non-Executive Directors to the Ladbrokes plc board.
Sly Bailey, 47, Chief Executive Officer of Trinity Mirror plc and Darren Shapland, 42, Chief Financial Officer of J Sainsbury plc both join the board with immediate effect.
Commenting on the appointments Ladbrokes plc Chairman Peter Erskine said: "Sly Bailey and Darren Shapland are highly experienced executives with a track record of significant achievements at major companies. The Ladbrokes board will be strengthened by the addition of their expertise."
Chief Executive Christopher Bell commented: "The extensive knowledge of retail and media that Darren Shapland and Sly Bailey bring to the Ladbrokes board will be of significant benefit as we take the business forward."
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Note to Editors
Sly Bailey
Sly Bailey started her media career in advertising sales at the Guardian and then The Independent. In 1989 she joined IPC Media Limited as Head of Classified Advertising Sales and joined their Board in 1994 as Advertising Director. In 1997 Sly was appointed Managing Director of IPC tx, the TV listings division. In December 1999 she was appointed Chief Executive of IPC Media Limited and subsequently led the sale of the business to AOL Time Warner. Sly joined Trinity Mirror as Chief Executive in 2003. Previously Sly was Senior Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chairman of EMI plc and a non-executive director of Littlewoods Plc. Currently she is a non-executive director of the Press Association and President of NewstrAid, a charity for the wholesale and retail news trade.
Darren Shapland
Darren Shapland held a number of financial and operational management roles at Arcadia plc between 1988 and 2000. These included Joint Managing Director, Arcadia Home Shopping; Finance Director of Arcadia brands; Finance Director, Top Shop/Top Man (Burton Group) and Director of Supply Chain Programme (Burton Group). He was appointed Finance Director at Superdrug in 2000 and in 2002 became Group Finance Director of Carpetright plc. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer at Sainsbury's on 1 August 2005 and is also Chairman of Sainsbury's Bank plc.
Following these appointments the Ladbrokes board is as follows:
Peter Erskine Chairman
Christopher Bell Chief Executive
Brian Wallace Group Finance Director
John O'Reilly Managing Director Remote Betting and Gaming
Richard Ames Managing Director, UK and Ireland Retail
Nicholas Jones Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
John Jarvis CVO, CBE Independent Non-Executive Director
Christopher Rodrigues CBE Independent Non-Executive Director
Henry Staunton Independent Non-Executive Director
C Phillipa Wicks Independent Non-Executive Director
Sly Bailey Independent Non-Executive Director
Darren Shapland Independent Non-Executive Director
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