Kindred Group’s Board of Directors comprises an experienced team committed to high corporate governance standards and accountability to shareholders.
The mentioned Swedish Depositary Receipt (SDR) holdings include personal, family, and holdings through companies in which Directors have an interest as of 1 November 2022.
A Board member’s independence is determined in the following dimensions: independence of the Group, its management and major shareholders of the Group.
Title: Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Member of the U.S. Committee
Nationality: Swedish
Born In: 1956
Board Member Since: 2021
Independent: Yes
Holdings: 43,000 Kindred Group plc SDRs
Current Assignments: Senior Lecturer in Finance at School of Economics, Business and Law in Göteborg, Chair of Dalsland Sparbank and Board member of PEG Capital.
Previous Assignments: On the board of Swedbank Robur and chair of its Risk Committee, member of several of Robur-associated nomination committees and co-founder of LifePlan.
Title: Board member
Nationality: Finnish
Born In: 1978
Board Member Since: 2021
Independent: Yes
Holdings: 1,627 Kindred Group plc SDRs
Current Assignments: iGaming consultant.
Previous Assignments: Head of Corporate Development EE Intressenter (prev Cherry AB) 2019-2020, COO ComeOn Group, 2017-2019, ComeOn Group/Cherry Merger 2016, Betsson Group Various Positions 2007-2016.
Title: Board Member
Nationality: United States of America
Born In: 1985
Board Member Since: 2022
Independent: No
Holdings: 0 SDRs in Kindred Group
Current Assignments: Partner at Corvex Management
Previous Assignments: Investment Analyst at Federated Hermes Inc, Investment Analyst for the Prudent Bear Fund of David W. Tice & Associates
Title: Board Member
Nationality: French
Born In: 1988
Board Member Since: 2023
Independent: Yes
Holdings: 20,000 Kindred Group plc SDRs
Current Assignments: Mr Boireau is currently employed at SAS Premier Investissement, where he has been for over ten years.
Previous Assignments: Mr Boireau was part of SAS Premier Investissement listed real estate development subsidiary Bassac where he worked for five years. In 2017, he co-founded Lagune Holding, an investment advisor and worked closely with Premier Investissement to develop its asset management arm.
Title: Board Member
Nationality: Swedish
Born In: 1969
Board Member Since: 2023
Independent: Yes
Holdings: 6,000 Kindred Group plc SDRs
Current Assignments: Mr Jansson is a self-employed private investor.
Previous Assignments: Formerly Mr Jansson worked as the COO of Kambi Group plc for ten years and as the Head of Trading of Unibet/Kindred for seven years.
Title: Board Member
Nationality: British
Born In: 1974
Board Member Since: 2023
Independent: Yes
Holdings: 2,900 Kindred Group plc SDRs
Current Assignments: Mr McCue is the Chair of the Board of Thérapie Clinic and Camile Thai.
Previous Assignments: Mr McCue is the former CEO of Paddy Power plc, where he led the business through the merger with Betfair plc. He is also the former CEO of The Restaurant Group plc. He has previously served as a member of the Board of Betsson AB and Hostelworld plc.
Title: Board Member
Nationality: Swedish
Born In: 1974
Board Member Since: 2023
Independent: Yes
Holdings: 35,000 Kindred Group plc SDRs
Current Assignments: Mr Randel is a private investor and entrepreneur, founder, owner, and Member of the Board of several companies, including Vitamin Well, Unifaun, Instabee, Green Gold and EnginZyme.
Title: Board Member
Nationality: United States of America
Born In: 1958
Board Member Since: 2023
Independent: Yes
Current Assignments: Mr Shea is a Director of Investments at Hamilton Point Investments, a real estate investment firm. He has over twenty-five years of experience as an investment banker and principal investor in the financial services sector.
Previous Assignments: Mr Shea is a former Senior Managing Director of Guggenheim Securities and Bear, Stearns, & Co. Inc, where he ran both firms' Gaming & Leisure investment banking practices. In addition, he is a former Managing Director of Pilot Growth, an early-stage growth equity firm, the former President of Coastal Capital, and a former Managing Director of Icahn Capital.
