John O'Reilly

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Mr. John O'Reilly serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board of Director at Rank Group. He served as Independent Non-Executive Director at Telecity Group. As well as a non-executive Director, he was the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of both the Audit and Nominations Committees. His areas of particular experience relevant to the Group include eCommerce, marketing, public relations, public affairs, property and business development. He is currently Managing Director of Coral Interactive, the online and telephone betting and gaming arm of Gala Coral Group. Until 2010, he was the Managing Director of Remote Betting and Gaming at Ladbrokes. He joined the Board of Ladbrokes following the completion of the sale of the Hilton International hotels division in February 2006. He led the Ladbrokes eGaming Division since its establishment in 2001 until 2010. He had responsibility for international development, including Ladbrokes' growing retail joint venture in Spain, and oversaw Ladbrokes' core bookmaking function. His experience within the highly regulated betting and gaming sector includes being a founder Director and formerly Vice Chairman of the Remote Gaming Association. He holds a First Class honours degree in Business.