{"id":777001911,"date":"2023-01-31T14:07:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001911"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:04:23","slug":"betmakers-announces-board-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/betmakers-announces-board-changes","title":{"rendered":"BetMakers announces board changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The company has appointed Matt Davey as president and executive chairman while former CEO Todd Buckingham will take a non-board role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-&nbsp;<strong>BetMakers<\/strong>&nbsp;Technology Group has announced changes to its board structure with the appointment of <strong>Matt Davey<\/strong> as president and executive chairman and changes in roles for<strong> Todd Buckingham<\/strong> and <strong>Jack Henson<\/strong>.&nbsp;Buckingham will serve as chief growth officer and Henson as  CEO.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the company, the changes, effective immediately, aim to improve profits and efficiency by focusing on scalable processes and international opportunities. Davey will oversee strategy, Buckingham will develop international prospects, and Henson will focus on operational excellence and profitability optimization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last November,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/betmakers-to-distribute-racing-coms-live-horse-racing-vision\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BetMakers<\/a>&nbsp;announced a new partnership with Victorian Thoroughbred Racing IMB (VTRIMB) to offer the digital distribution of Racing.com\u2019s live thoroughbred horse racing vision to wagering service providers in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company has appointed Matt Davey as president and executive chairman while former CEO Todd Buckingham will take a non-board role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":13359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"BetMakers Technology Group has restructured its executive leadership, appointing Matt Davey as President and Executive Chairman, Jack Henson as CEO, and Todd Buckingham as Chief Growth Officer. These changes aim to enhance profitability, operational efficiency, and drive international expansion through focused strategic and operational leadership.","focusai_entities":"BetMakers Technology Group, Matt Davey, Todd Buckingham, Jack Henson, Victorian Thoroughbred Racing IMB, VTRIMB, Racing.com","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.75), supplier_vendor (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on International Strategy","query":"How will the new executive structure, particularly the Chief Growth Officer role, accelerate BetMakers' B2B international market penetration and what specific jurisdictions are prioritized for expansion?"},{"label":"Operational Efficiency Metrics","query":"What specific operational excellence and profitability optimization metrics will the new CEO target, and what is the projected timeline for realizing these efficiencies across gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[15912],"class_list":["post-777001911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-betmakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001911"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001943,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001911\/revisions\/777001943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}