Paddy Power appoints Dave Hammond as retail innovation lead

Paddy Power has appointed Dave Hammond the former Senior Vice President of Mobile operations for Inspired Gaming Group to lead its retail innovation strategy.

Appointed Head of Retail Products & Innovation, Hammond will play a key role in developing Paddy Power’s omni-channel strategies and creating further customer acquisition points between the operator’s retail and digital services.

An experienced gambling operations director, Hammond joins Paddy Power retail betting division following more than nine years’ service at Inspired Gaming Group.

Speaking to the Racing Post Jobs, Hammond commented on his new role at Paddy Power

“While my 18 years at Inspired have been an amazing journey,working with a great exec team,the Paddy Power leadership team’s vision and drive to deliver the best customer experience in the industry and consistently push technology advances to our customers is simply one I wanted to add my experience too.

“Our new app release shows what Paddy Power is capable of and retail customers should expect the same market-leading products to be available to them on the high street.”