Paysafe Expands its Board with the Appointment of Mark Brooker as Non-Executive Director
July 26 2021 - 6:45AM
Business Wire
Former Betfair senior executive and William
Hill board member brings deep iGaming industry experience to the
expanded Paysafe Board
Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a leading specialized payments platform,
today announced it has appointed seasoned executive, Mark Brooker,
as an independent non-executive board director effective July 22.
Brooker joins as an additional member of the board, which is led by
chairman Bill Foley, and also includes executive director and
Paysafe CEO, Philip McHugh.
Brooker brings extensive and highly relevant executive
experience to the team. He was previously chief operating officer
for Trainline, Europe’s largest independent retailer of rail and
coach tickets. Before Trainline, he was chief operating officer of
Betfair Group PLC, a leading online gambling operator and now part
of Flutter Entertainment. In his earlier career, he spent 17 years
in investment banking working for the likes of Morgan Stanley,
Merrill Lynch, NatWest and NM Rothschild & Sons.
Brooker also brings a diverse range of non-executive board
director experience and currently sits on the boards of Findmypast,
a leader in online genealogy, where he is chairman; Future PLC, a
global platform for specialist media and member of the FTSE250;
Equiniti Group, a leading provider of share registration, pension
administration and other technology enabled business outsourcing;
and Seedrs, a digital fund-raising platform for early-stage
businesses. He also recently served as a non-executive director of
William Hill PLC, one of the largest gambling operators in the UK,
before its acquisition by Caesars Entertainment in April this
year.
Brooker holds a master’s degree in Engineering, Economics and
Management from Oxford University in the UK.
“Mark brings a wealth of highly applicable and complementary
experience to further strengthen our board that we believe will be
invaluable as we continue our growth as a newly public company and
specialized payments leader,” said Philip McHugh, CEO of Paysafe.
“We’re particularly excited to benefit from Mark’s unique input and
perspectives with regards to iGaming – an industry we are intensely
focused on as the U.S. market ramps up.”
Mark Brooker added: “I am thrilled to be joining the Paysafe
Board at such an exciting time and I look forward to helping the
company with its ambitions to both grow and innovate in specialized
digital payments in iGaming as well as other industries. My goal is
to continue to help Paysafe add value to shareholders and
stakeholders alike.”
With Brooker’s appointment, the Paysafe board is now comprised
of 12 directors, bringing decades of industry experience across
payments, banking, technology, iGaming, entertainment, legal &
regulatory affairs, capital markets and M&A. Click here for
full details of the Paysafe Board.
About Paysafe Limited
Paysafe Limited (“Paysafe”) (NYSE: PSFE) (PSFE.WS) is a leading
specialized payments platform. Its core purpose is to enable
businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through
industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital
wallet, and online cash solutions. With over 20 years of online
payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of US $92
billion in 2020, and approximately 3,400 employees located in 12+
global locations, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across
70 payment types in over 40 currencies around the world. Delivered
through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward
mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics and the
convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments. Further
information is available at www.paysafe.com.
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