Global Daily Fantasy Sports Welcomes Gaming Executive William Scott to its Board of Directors

Global Daily Fantasy Sports Inc (TSXV:DFS), a licensed and regulated provider of fantasy sports software announced the appointment of William Scott to the company’s Board of Directors.

The company’s platform is a multi-tenant gateway that allows operators to offer their customers a Daily Fantasy Sports software solution.

As quoted in the press release:

Mr. Scott is a seasoned executive in the gaming industry with international experience across Commercial Gaming and Lottery. In addition, he is a non-executive Director of the South African National Lottery, Ithuba. Ithuba is the largest lottery operator in Africa. Mr. Scott currently works as an advisor and investor in the technology sector with a focus on the gaming industry. Prior to this, Mr. Scott worked for over 12 years at GTECH (now IGT).

Mr. Scott has a diverse and extensive executive background in strategy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, business development and commercial operations.  He has built and developed new businesses in over 20 countries and overseen the deployment of significant capital in M&A, JVs and organic corporate start-ups. In his varied experience, Mr. Scott has been responsible for, among other duties, developing market entry strategies, negotiating content agreements and identifying partnership opportunities for online gaming providers.  Mr. Scott is regarded as a gaming industry expert and is frequently requested for speaking engagements at major gaming conferences around the world.

William Scott comments; “Global is in an exciting segment of the gaming market and they have had significant success to date. I am looking forward to working with the excellent team, Darcy and the Board.”

Darcy Krogh CEO of Global Daily Fantasy Sports Inc. comments; “William is an industry veteran with an impressive network of C level relationships both in Gaming and Lottery around the world. I look forward to working with him to develop our business internationally and value his experience. He is a welcome addition to our Board of Directors”

Mr. Scott will replace Mr. Scott Emerson who has resigned as a director of the Company. The Board thanks Mr. Emerson for his contributions during his tenure with the Company and we wish him the best in his future endeavours.

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