New Director For Partypoker & Party Gaming
Published: Saturday, December 17, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
NEW DIRECTOR FOR PARTYPOKER AND PARTY GAMING
M&A expert joins online poker and casino gambling industry
Party Gaming is clearly serious about corporate mergers and acquisitions - Nigel Birrell has been appointed director of M&A at Partypoker & Party Gaming, reporting to CEO Richard Segal.
Birrell was previously a senior executive at Hit Entertainment and was instrumental in setting up Sprout, Hit's preschool 24-hour digital channel joint venture with PBS, Sesame Workshop and Comcast. He also led Hit's acquisitions of properties including Barney the Dinosaur, Thomas the Tank Engine, Guinness World Records, Art Attack, Sooty, Fireman Sam and Pingu.
