Our Client:

is a large, well respected and trusted online sports betting provider licensed in multiple African countries. Our client is proud to support over 1 million active monthly players who appreciate and value our clients focus and mission of making betting friendly and has over 300 full-time employees working across the world.  

Main Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities will be as follows:

• Attending Board of Directors meetings
• Set the agendas for Board meetings and ensures that appropriate time is available for discussion of all agenda items
• Facilitates open and constructive dialogue during meetings and promotes productive relations between Executive and Non-Executive Directors
• In addition to formal general meetings, the chair should seek to engage regularly with major shareholders, to understand their views on governance and performance against strategy
• Promotes the vision and culture of the Company and provides leadership to the Board
• Evaluates board effectiveness and governance
• Ensuring that decisions by the board are executed.
• Checking the company’s financial statements
• Releasing Chairman’s statements
• Signing-off on any company statements
• Liaising with independent auditing firms with regards to the company’s statements
• Liaising with the relevant stock brokerage firms
• Communicating with colleagues in the Europe and Africa offices via e-mail and phone
• Attending meetings when necessary
• Drafting and checking IR statements
• Acting as spokesperson and figurehead of the organisation where appropriate
• Confirm the progress state of projects

Experience:

• Experience in the iGaming and Sportsbook industry is required
• Previous experience as Director of a publicly listed company
• Previous experience as Chairman
• Experience in the listing process and M&A
• Accounting experience for/within a publicly listed company
• Strategy planning and IR relations experience in a publicly listed company