Our board and management

John has more than 25 years’ experience in the betting and gaming sector.  From January 2017 to April 2018 he was a non-executive director of William Hill plc and was also chair of William Hill’s Transformation Oversight Committee.  John was a senior executive with Gala Coral Group between August 2011 and April 2015 where, as managing director of Coral Interactive (Gibraltar) Ltd, he launched and built Coral's highly successful online business. Prior to joining Gala Coral, John was an executive director on the board of Ladbrokes plc. During a 19 year career with Ladbrokes (1991 - August 2010), John launched and built Ladbrokes' digital business and had a broad range of functional responsibilities including marketing, property, business development, public affairs and the core bookmaking function, trading. John was appointed non-executive chairman of Grand Parade Ltd, a digital design and development agency, in June 2015, selling the business to William Hill plc in August 2016.  John was also non-executive director and chair of the remuneration committee at Telecity Group plc, the premium network independent data centre operator, between September 2007 and January 2016.  

Richard joined Rank in May 2022 as Chief Financial Officer. He has extensive experience covering corporate finance, divisional and commercial financial roles, investor relations and financial reporting. Prior to joining Rank, Richard was the Chief Financial Officer at Foxtons Group Plc, London’s leading estate agency and previously spent three years as Group Financial Controller at Laird Plc and over 11 years at Marks and Spencer plc where he held a number of senior finance roles. Richard is a chartered management accountant.

Jon joined Rank in January 2019 as Interactive Finance and Strategy Director.  In December 2020 he was appointed Managing Director of Rank International and in June 2021 he was appointed the role of Managing Director of Rank Interactive. On 1 July 2023 Jon took on a broader Group role as Chief Operating Officer for Rank. Prior to joining Rank, Jon was Commercial and Strategic Business Partner at William Hill Plc and held several finance roles during his time with them. Jon is a chartered accountant.

Jonathan joined Rank in October 2018 having spent much of his career in the betting and gaming sector. Prior to taking on the position of CIO, Jonathan was the Technology Delivery Director for Rank, successfully managing change across our technology platforms. Jonathan has delivered numerous strategic, transformational and integration technology change programmes, both inside and outside of the gaming industry, working for companies such as Gala Coral, Ladbrokes and GVC.

Sarah joined Rank in 2009. Sarah previously was at KPMG where she worked in their corporate tax practice. Sarah is a chartered tax adviser.

Andy joined Rank from Marks & Spencer PLC in May 2022, where he was Head of Hospitality Operations and led a number of key strategic partnership integrations as part of their food transformation programme. 

Prior to that he sat on the operating board at Punch Taverns PLC as Divisional Director for their managed Division. Andy previously held Property, Compliance and Operational positions at Punch Taverns and McDonalds Restaurants Ltd. He graduated from The University of Bangor with a degree in Marine Zoology and holds a graduate master's degree in Multi Site Management.

Mark joined Rank from Pears Partnership Capital in August 2023, where he was the Operating Partner, managing the leisure and hospitality investment portfolio. He has extensive experience in the late night and 24/7 hospitality sectors where he has gained valuable expertise across hotels, pubs, and nightclubs before transitioning to leadership positions in various holiday park businesses.

Prior to joining Pears Partnership Capital, Mark had a 15-year career with Bourne Leisure Group, performing a number of senior roles before becoming Managing Director of Haven Holiday Parks, where he led the successful transformation of the UK’s largest holiday park business. On leaving Bourne Leisure, Mark joined Parkdean Resorts as Chief Operating Officer before joining Park Leisure as CEO, with the business experiencing significant growth under his leadership.

Enric is a professional with over twenty years experience in the gambling and sports betting Industry, both digital and landbase, with a special focus in online and Latin American markets.

Enric joined Rank in May 2022. Prior to that, he was serving as Latin America Managing Director in Sportium, the digital and sportbooks branch of the gaming multinational Cirsa, where he had previously held other executive positions such as CFO and Business Development Director. Enric has also experience as entrepreneur within the digital gambling industry.

Emma joined Rank in October 2019 and was appointed Group Transformation Strategy Director in January 2022. Prior to that, she was the Transformation Lead within the transformation team. Emma has previously worked at KPMG and has over 20 years’ experience in strategy, turnaround and organisational development roles, both within the UK and internationally.

Experience: John has more than 25 years’ experience in the betting and gaming sector.  From January 2017 to April 2018 he was a non-executive director of William Hill plc and was also chair of William Hill’s Transformation Oversight Committee.  John was a senior executive with Gala Coral Group between August 2011 and April 2015 where, as managing director of Coral Interactive (Gibraltar) Ltd, he launched and built Coral's highly successful online business. Prior to joining Gala Coral, John was an executive director on the board of Ladbrokes plc. During a 19 year career with Ladbrokes (1991 - August 2010), John launched and built Ladbrokes' digital business and had a broad range of functional responsibilities including marketing, property, business development, public affairs and the core bookmaking function, trading. John was appointed non-executive chairman of Grand Parade Ltd, a digital design and development agency, in June 2015, selling the business to William Hill plc in August 2016.  John was also non-executive director and chair of the remuneration committee at Telecity Group plc, the premium network independent data centre operator, between September 2007 and January 2016.  

Richard joined Rank in May 2022 as Chief Financial Officer. He has extensive experience covering corporate finance, divisional and commercial financial roles, investor relations and financial reporting. Prior to joining Rank, Richard was the Chief Financial Officer at Foxtons Group Plc, London’s leading estate agency and previously spent three years as Group Financial Controller at Laird Plc and over 11 years at Marks and Spencer plc where he held a number of senior finance roles. Richard is a chartered management accountant.

Experience: Katie has extensive digital and marketing experience and has been responsible for a number of digital transformation and business change programmes. She started her career with TUI in 1998 in the Commercial area of TUI UK & Ireland with roles in trading, product and destination services. In her current role as CMO for TUI’s Northern Region, Katie is responsible for the core marketing disciplines including brand, advertising, digital CRM and E-commerce for TUI UK and Ireland, First Choice and Marella Cruises, as well as all sales channels. Her role also has a global remit with responsibility for brand strategy and digital across the entire TUI Group.

Other roles: Katie is Chief Marketing Officer for TUI Northern Region (UK, Ireland and Nordic) and sits on the TUI Northern Region board.

Experience: Seong Aun is a Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of Guoco Group Limited (“GGL”). He has over 30 years of experience in finance and banking and has been with the Hong Leong Group for more than 14 years, having joined Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad ("HLFG"), GGL's associated company listed on Bursa Malaysia, as Chief Financial Officer in 2006. Prior to joining the Hong Leong Group, Seong Aun held various senior banking positions in Asia. Seong Aun is an ICAEW qualified Chartered Accountant. He is also a Chartered Banker of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers in Malaysia.

Other roles: Seong Aun is the Chairman of the Investment Committee of Hong Leong Asset Management Berhad ("HLAM"), a subsidiary of HLFG and Chairman of HLAM's Board.

Lucinda has more than 25 years’ executive-level experience in human resources roles, most recently as chief people, and corporate responsibility officer UK & Ireland at AXA SA where her role included responsibility for developing the environmental and social aspects of the corporate responsibility strategy.  Her previous roles have also included HR Director at Hays PLC, the Towergate Partnership Co Limited and RAC Plc, Consumer Division.  

Other roles: Lucinda is a non-executive director and trustee at Business in the Community.

Experience: Karen qualified as a chartered accountant at Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and has 17 years experience operating at board level in a variety of roles in commercial, operations and governance in several private and FTSE 100 organisations. Most recently Karen spent 10 years at J Sainsbury plc, latterly as a member of the commercial board and director of Non-Food Grocery and New Business. Some of Karen's earlier career was spent at online entertainment business BGS Holdings Limited. She also held a number of senior roles at Intercontinental Hotels Group Plc between 2000 and 2005. Until 2018, she was a supervisory board member and member of the audit committee at GS1 UK Limited.

Other roles: Karen is a non-executive board director of Tritax Big Box REIT plc and Tesco Plc.

Joined the Board on 1 September 2023. Keith brings a breadth of corporate financial experience from the gaming industry, having most recently been chief financial officer at Gamesys Group Plc (Gamesys).  Keith co-founded Intertain Group in 2013, which following completion of 5 acquisitions, became one of the 200 largest public companies in the UK (as Gamesys) and was subsequently acquired by Bally’s corporation in 2021.  He previously served as a Principal of a family office, the President of the world’s largest distributed denial-of-service mitigation provider (Prolexic Technologies) and the CFO and Business Development Director a London-based video gaming software developer (Elixir Studios).

Keith is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) accreditation.