Charles Palmer joins Premier Punt Group

Premier Punt Group (PPG), the UK-based social gaming app developer, has appointed Charles Palmer as its new chief operating officer. Palmer was formerly with Betfair as the head of its mobile application.

Palmer has also founded mobile app developer called Mfuse which was bought by Nektan in 2013, arrives at the Edinburgh-based company also announced it had surpassed its crowdfunding target on Seedrs by raising almost £750,000.

Palmer will help chief executive John Gordon in changing PPG’s focus from B2C to B2B, with the company having originally been launched as fantasy sports operator.

PPG  is supported by online gambling pioneer Victor Chandler. The company announced that Palmer will be taking creative lead, supporting brand and new product development, and expanding the in-house team UX and development team.

Gordon said: “Charles’ experience as the head of mobile at Betfair and founding and selling Mfuse made him our No.1 target for the COO role.”

“He is a mobile expert and brings strong creative and digital product direction.”

“What’s more, he has developed great mobile gaming products himself. We are delighted to have him in the team.” 

Source: iGamingBusiness