New director for Paddy Power

Nigel Northridge, chairman of online and land gambling group Paddy Power plc, has announced the appointment of Danuta Gray as an independent non-executive director.  She has also been appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee.

The holder of a B.Sc. in Biophysics and an MBA, Gray was chief executive officer of O2 Ireland from 2001 to 2010.  Prior to that, she held the position of senior vice president of BT Europe in Germany and, previous to that, was general manager at BT Mobile in the UK.  She is currently a non-executive director of Aer Lingus plc and previously served as a non-executive director of Irish Life & Permanent plc.

Northridge commented that Gray is a highly accomplished and capable director. “She will bring valuable consumer marketing insight and international markets expertise to Paddy Power,” he said.

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