Superbet trading director steps down after four-year stint
Former William Hill trading boss Terry Pattinson leaves Bucharest-based operator as firm gears up for the regulated market launch in Brazil
Superbet’s trading director, Terry Pattinson, has announced his departure after four years with the Central and Eastern European operator.
Pattinson moved to the company in July 2020 in the newly created role, tasked with setting and implementing a global trading strategy.
Leading a team of trading, product and quantitative analysts, Pattinson was responsible for overseeing pricing and risk management for both pre-match and in-play markets while also taking charge of product and tech related to trading.
Prior to joining multi-channel operator Superbet, he spent more than 11 years with William Hill.
Initially joining as head of in-play trading in March 2009, he was promoted to group trading director in April 2010 where he not only led bookmaking operations for the operator’s online, retail and US arms but also oversaw a team of 300 staff with P&L responsibility for around £7bn in trading turnover.
Taking to LinkedIn to announce his departure from Superbet, Pattinson wrote: “I’ve wrapped up an incredible four-year journey with Superbet, who are led by extremely ambitious and passionate owners and run by a first-class exec team.
“It’s been a pleasure being part of the enormous growth over this period and I really feel the next phase of growth planned will make this company one of the real powerhouses in the industry.
“Keep a watch out for them and I’ll be definitely cheering them on from the sidelines.”
Superbet has made several new hires in recent months as it prepares itself for the launch of Brazil’s regulated sports betting and igaming market later this year.
In January, the firm hired ex-Flutter Entertainment exec Josh Hayes as its new head of commercial for Brazil while in March Mark Flood was promoted to vice-president of commercial for Brazil.
The company is just one of two operators so far to apply for a licence in South America’s most populous country, the other being Betano.
Licences lasting five years will cost operators BRL30m (£4.2m).
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