Flutter
Entertainment plc
Appointment of Non-Executive Directors
New York, United States, July 1,
2024
Flutter Entertainment plc ("Flutter"
or the "Company") (NYSE: FLUT; LSE:FLTR) announced today that
the Board of Directors (the "Board") has appointed Robert R.
Bennett ("Dob") and Christine M. McCarthy to the Board as
non-executive directors, effective as of July 30, 2024. Mr. Bennett
will be appointed as a member of the Risk and Sustainability
Committee of the Board and Ms. McCarthy will be appointed as a
member of the Audit Committee of the Board at such time.
The Board has determined that both
Mr. Bennett and Ms. McCarthy are independent directors in
accordance with the New York Stock Exchange listing
standards.
Mr. Bennett, 66, is the Managing
Director of Hilltop Investments, LLC, a private investment company,
a position he has held since 2005. Previously, Mr. Bennett served
as President of Discovery Holding Company, a media and
entertainment company. Before that, Mr. Bennett served as President
and Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, at
Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media"), a media, entertainment
and online commerce company. Prior to his tenure at Liberty Media,
Mr. Bennett worked at Tele-Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New
York. Mr. Bennett currently serves as a director of HP Inc. and
Liberty Media. Previously, he has served as a director of Warner
Bros. Discovery, Inc., Sprint Corporation, Demand Media, Inc.,
Discovery Holding Company, Liberty Interactive Corporation and
Sprint Nextel Corporation.
Ms. McCarthy, 69, was formerly the
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The
Walt Disney Company ("Disney") from 2015 until June 2023. She
most recently served as a Strategic Advisor of Disney from July
2023 until June 2024. Prior to her appointment as Chief
Financial Officer, she held positions of increasing responsibility
at Disney, serving as Executive Vice President, Corporate Real
Estate, Alliances and Treasurer from 2005 to 2015, after joining
Disney as Senior Vice President and Treasurer in January 2000. Ms.
McCarthy previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Imperial Bancorp from 1997 to December 1999.
Ms. McCarthy currently serves as a director of The Procter &
Gamble Company and is the Chair of its Audit Committee and is a
director of FM Global and the Chair of its Finance Committee. She
is also on the board of civic and educational organizations, the
Board of Trustees of the Westridge School in Pasadena, and the
Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institution for Science having
previously been on the Board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Association, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Smith College, and
Phoenix Houses of California, Inc.
Commenting on Robert R. Bennett's
and Christine M. Mcarthy's appointments, John Bryant, Chair of the
Group, said " I am delighted to welcome Dob
and Christine as Non-Executive Directors of the Board which will be
further strengthened by their appointments. Both
have experience
and career backgrounds that are highly relevant to our business. We
look forward to Dob and Christine joining the Flutter Board and
contributing to the Company's future".
Enquiries:
Edward Traynor
Company Secretary
+353872232455