C.O.O. At Will Hill Departs

Published: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

C.O.O. AT WILL HILL DEPARTS

Singer leaves with immediate effect


The British gambling group William Hill surprised the industry this week with the announcement that chief operations officer and executive director of the group Tom Singer has stepped down from the Board and will leave the company with immediate effect.

Singer's departure follows a review of the company's key executive roles, and will involve CEO David Harding assimilating the COO duties within his own responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer going forward, a company spokesman said.

Charles Scott, chairman of William Hill thanked Singer for his contribution, saying: "On behalf of the Board I would like to thank Tom for the contribution he has made to William Hill since our IPO, both as Finance Director and, more recently, as Chief Operating Officer. We wish Tom every success in the future."

Singer, commenting on his departure said: "After six stimulating years at William Hill and having recently seen the company report record interim profits I look forward to a fresh professional challenge." He did not indicate what his future plans might include.

In other executive moves within the industry, Leisure and Gaming has announced that company executive Henry Birch is its new Chief Executive Officer. As a consequence of the UIGEA, Leisure and Gaming recently shed its US facing operations by selling them to Stockdale Investments, a company formed and led by L&G former CEO, Alistair Assheton. Leisure and Gaming's future business will revolve around its remaining online and offline Italian business Betshop.