Global Daily Fantasy Sports names Dever as CFO

Global Daily Fantasy Sports has appointed Paul Dever as its new chief financial officer.

Dever joins the company having most recently served as vice-president finance for the online B2B businesses at Amaya Gaming, now The Stars Group.

Earlier in his career, Dever also spent time with a number of other international companies, such as CryptoLogic and Juniper Networks.

Harvey Lim, who had been serving as both chief financial officer and corporate Secretary at Global, has now tendered his resignation to make way for the new appointment.

Darcy Krogh, chief executive of Global, said: “We are pleased to welcome Paul to the team and look forward to him providing his extensive igaming experience to our financial team.

“I would also like to personally thank Harvey on behalf of the company for his financial stewardship up to this point and wish him well in his future endeavours.”

Global Daily Fantasy Sports specialises in providing daily fantasy sports software solutions to sportsbook operators, land-based operators, media groups, and big database companies around the world.

Speaking about his new role, Dever added: “Global has a very exciting product in an industry with tremendous opportunity.

“I’m looking forward to contributing to the future success of company and working with Darcy again, and the experienced team he has assembled.”