Peter Jackson (businessman)

Jeremy Peter Jackson (born October 1975) is a British businessman, the CEO of Flutter Entertainment since January 2018.

Peter Jackson
Born
Jeremy Peter Jackson

October 1975 (age 44)
Leeds, Yorkshire, England[1]
NationalityBritish
EducationPembroke College, Cambridge University
TitleChief executive officer, Flutter Entertainment
TermJanuary 2018-
PredecessorBreon Corcoran

Early life

Jeremy Peter Jackson was born in October 1975[2] in Yorkshire, England.[1] He has a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering from Pembroke College, Cambridge University.[3][4]

Career

Jackson has worked at Lloyds Bank, Halifax Bank of Scotland and McKinsey & Company, and was CEO of Travelex from 2010 to 2015.[5]

On 26 January 2016, Banco Santander appointed Jackson as their new head of the Group´s Innovation area, he replaces José María Fuster who, after more than 30 years service with the Santander Group, will continue as an external advisor.[6]

On 1 March 2017, Jackson joined Worldpay UK as CEO of its UK operations, replacing Dave Hobday who left Worldpay in December to head up the RAC.[5][7]

In August 2017, it was announced that Jackson would succeed Breon Corcoran as CEO of Paddy Power Betfair in January 2018.[8]

In July 2017, it was announced that Jackson would become the Chairman for Aire Labs, a technology startup in London.[9]

References
  1. "Results for Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records". Findmypast. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. "Jeremy Peter Jackson". Companies House. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. "J. Peter Jackson: Executive Profile". Bloomberg. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. "Peter Jackson". Pembroke College, Cambridge. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  5. Rebecca Smith (2 February 2017). "Worldpay appoints Santander's head of innovation Peter Jackson as new UK chief executive". City A.M. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. "J. Peter Jackson, new head of the corporate Innovation area". Banco Santander. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  7. "Peter Jackson Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Worldpay UK". Worldpay. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  8. Jon Yeomans; Bradley Gerrard (7 August 2017). "Paddy Power Betfair takes a punt on Worldpay boss as new CEO". The Daily Telegraph.
  9. FinExtra; Bureau (19 February 2018). "Former Worldpay UK CEO". FinExtra.


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