William Hill appoints new chairman

The SIS chairman Devlin has been selected to replace Gareth Davis as chairman of William Hill.

UK.- Roger Devlin, SIS chairman, has been selected by William Hill to replace Gareth Davis as chairman starting next year. Devlin will be designated on February 1 but will be appointed when Davis leaves his post on April 2.

The current chairman of Sports Information Systems (SIS), where William Hill is also a 19.5 percent shareholder, is a non-executive director of the Football Association as well, but will leave his position from both those roles in January and June 2018 respectively.

“Roger has extensive experience as an executive, non-executive and chairman in listed companies, including relevant experience of a number of businesses and organisations in leisure, sport and betting and gaming,” said William Hill in a statement.

Moreover, a statement from SIS that confirmed the departure of the chairman said: “The board offers its congratulations to Mr Devlin, and looks forward to continuing to work with him in his new role at William Hill. The board has started the search for a new chair, and expects to make an announcement in the new year.”