Claire Hunter Gregson joins as Commercial Director while Richard Duncan assumes the role of Head of Business Development

15 May 2019: PA, the UK’s leading provider of multimedia sports editorial and data, has made two key appointments to its Racing & Betting team as part of an ongoing strategy to broaden its offering to the global betting market.

Claire Hunter Gregson, a former executive of sports betting and casino brands including Genius Sports and Product Madness (an Aristocrat Technologies company), has been appointed Commercial Director.  Richard Duncan, most recently head of PA’s sport and racing data operation, is elevated to Head of Business Development.

Claire and Richard are the first senior appointments by Michael Grenham who was last month named Managing Director, Racing & Betting at PA. Both will work with Michael to create and distribute an expanded portfolio of products and services to existing and new customers around the world. All three are based at PA’s offices in Howden, Yorkshire.

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