Heads of egaming and bingo leave Paddy Power
Paddy Power head of egaming Isaac Ward departs Irish operator as head of bingo also exits
Paddy Power’s head of egaming Isaac Ward has left his role at the Irish operator after spending over three years at the firm.
Ward initially joined the Paddys from Sportingbet in 2010 as games P&L manager before taking up the role of head of egaming in 2012.
Speaking with eGR this morning, Paddy Power’s PR manager Feilim Mac An Iomaire confirmed Ward had left the company “for family reasons” in September and said a replacement had yet to be found.
Ward is the latest in a number of departures from the operator in recent months after Paddy Power head of bingo Oonagh Flanagan left to join Gala Coral as head of marketing for bingo.
Flanagan, who reported directly to Ward, had led the Paddy Power Bingo team for just over a year after previously working as a marketing manager at the operator.
In September it was also announced that LOVEFiLM co-founder William Reeve had left as Paddy Power ‘s head of operations, a new position created last year.
The news of Ward’s departure follows the release of Paddy Power’s interim management statement yesterday which showed that gaming/B2B net revenue had grown 17% year-on-year in the period from 1 July to 17 November 2013.
However, the operator was forced to cut its profit forecast for the year by 11m after an 11% fall in sportsbook revenues saw the operator achieve 0% growth in non-Australian online revenue.
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