Leisure & Gaming hires Ex-BOS Finance Director
Leisure & Gaming plc ("the Company") is pleased to announce today the appointment to the Board of Richard Creed as Finance Director, replacing Michael Baird. It is also pleased to announce that Neil Craven has been appointed to the Board as a non-executive director. Benjamin Shaw today steps down from his position as a non-executive director.
Richard Creed was formerly finance director of BetonSports plc and a partner with Casson Beckman, now part of Baker Tilly. Richard Creed is a qualified accountant who has extensive gaming industry and corporate finance experience. Neil Craven, a shareholder in the Company, has many years' experience at senior management levels in telecommunications and fund management. He is currently a private investor focusing on small-cap equities.
Henry Birch, Chief Executive said:
"We are delighted to appoint Richard Creed and Neil Craven to the Board. We believe that Richard's experience in the gaming industry and over 25 years experience of corporate finance and accountancy will be of huge benefit to the Company and strengthen our management expertise. Equally Neil's successful track record as an entrepreneur and more recently as an investor in AIM-listed companies will strengthen the Board.
"The Board would also like to thank Michael Baird and Benjamin Shaw for all their work in restructuring and transforming the Company over the past eighteen months and wish them well for the future."
Richard Edward Creed, aged 52, is or has been a director of the following companies during the previous five years:
Current Directorships:
Directorships held within the previous five years:
Health Project Management Limited
BETonSPORTS Plc
Wimbledon (Lakeside) Cricket Ground Limited
BOS (Antigua) Limited
Healix Limited
Neil Craven, aged 39, is or has been a director of the following companies during the previous five years:
Current Directorships/Partnerships:
Directorships held within the previous five years:
Medsea Estates Group Plc
Azemos Partner AG
Richard Creed was a director of the following companies:
BETonSPORTS Plc which was placed into creditors' voluntary liquidation on 16 May 2007 with an estimated deficiency to creditors of £1,150,282;
Intelligence Exchange Networks Limited which was placed into a voluntary arrangement on 18 April 2002 with an estimated deficiency to creditors of £1,060,352; and
World Health Network Singapore Pte Ltd. which was wound up on 15 July 2004 with liabilities of S$71,690.
Neil Craven was a director of Carrier 1 International Luxembourg, a subsidiary of Carrier 1 International GmbH which filed for insolvency in February 2002.
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