Entain Plc announced the appointment of Ricky Sandler as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Mr. Sandler is the founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Eminence Capital LP. Mr. Sandler will also become a member of the Company's People & Governance and Capital Allocation committees.

As a member of the People and Governance committee, Entain and Mr. Sandler will work together to identify an additional Non-Executive Director mutually agreeable to Eminence and the company. Mr. Sandler founded Eminence Capital in 1999. As CEO and CIO of Eminence, Mr. Sandler is responsible for setting the firm's strategic direction as well as directly managing its 20+ person investment team and diversified investment portfolio.

Prior to launching Eminence, Mr. Sandler was co-founder and co-general partner of Fusion Capital Management, a firm that managed a long/short hedge fund focused on global equity securities. Prior to that he was a research analyst at Mark Asset Management, where he began his investing career in 1991. Mr. Sandler received a BBA in Accounting and Finance graduating with honours from the University of Wisconsin.

Mr. Sandler developed and teaches a capstone Finance course at Wisconsin, Applied Equity Markets Research and launched Badgers in Finance; a professional and recruitment network for UW students and alumni across financial services. Mr. Sandler serves as an advisor on the Investment Committee for the University of Wisconsin Foundation and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.