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PMU ropes in new chairman and CEO

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7 years ago

April 16, 2018

Niji Narayan

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Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU), the premier French organiser of horse-racing, has appointed Bertrand Méheut as the new chairman of the board and Cyril Linette as the new chief executive officer.

Méheut and Linette have worked together at Canal Plus, a pay-television broadcaster in France.

In a statement, PMU said: “The goal set for this new direction is to accelerate the revival of activity and brand on the core business of the PMU through the conquest of new customers, products and service innovation, the consolidation of its physical network and the international development of betting on French races.”

The double appointment comes after PMU last week picked up a shared online poker liquidity licence in France.

Awarded by French regulator ARJEL, the licence will allow PMU to offer services in the shared liquidity market between France, Spain, Italy and Portugal.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.