First day as Paddy Power Betfair CEO for Peter Jackson Fiona Reddan, The Irish Times · January 8, 2018 at 2:31 pm Mixed start for ex-Worldpay UK boss as share price falls and Morgan Stanley cuts its recommendation It’s a fresh start to the new year for former Worldpay UK boss Peter Jackson, who is taking up his new job as chief executive of Paddy Power Betfair on Monday. Mr Jackson assumes the role from Breon Corcoran, who stepped down from the board yesterday, and tweeted Monday that he was “excited to wake up in Dublin for my new job”. The move to the head of the gambling behemoth represents a big step up for the 42 year old, who was only appointed head of the British business of the payment processing group in March 2017. Prior to that, he had spent seven years as chief executive of foreign exchange Travelex.
