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Board of Directors

The Directors of 888, their age and positions are as follows:

NameAgePosition
Richard Kilsby54Non-executive Chairman
Gigi Levy35Chief Executive Officer
Aviad Kobrine42Chief Financial Officer
John Anderson 57Non-executive Director
Brian Mattingley 54Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-executive Director
Shay Ben-Yitzhak37Non-executive Director
Michael Constantine 67Independent Non-executive Director
Amos Pickel 39Independent Non-executive Director

Richard Kilsby: Chairman

Richard Kilsby has been Chairman since March 2006 having previously been Deputy Chairman of the Company from August 2005. He is currently a director of Collins Stewart Tullett plc. Since 2001 he has held several board and management positions in various private and venture-capital funded companies. In 2004, he acted as independent monitor for the SEC and USA Department of Justice. From 1999 to 2002, he was Chief Executive of Tradepoint and subsequently Executive Vice Chairman of virt-x plc. From 1995 to 1998 he was an Executive Director of the London Stock Exchange prior to which he was a Managing Director for Bankers Trust from 1992 to 1995. He was also Vice Chairman of Charterhouse Bank from 1988 to 1992 and a partner of Pricewaterhouse from 1984 to 1988.

Gigi Levy: Chief Executive Officer

Gigi Levy has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 2007, following 6 months in the Chief Operating Officer position. Prior to his appointment, Gigi worked for Amdocs, one of the world's largest software providers and systems integrators in the telecoms market (NYSE: DOX), most recently as Division President managing Amdocs' activity in Europe (except Eastern Europe), Central and Latin America. Prior to joining Amdocs, Gigi held several interim management and consulting roles for various companies in Israel and the UK. Gigi has also headed Giltek, a telecommunication systems integrator and Girit Telecommunications, an Israeli Information and Communications Technology systems integrator. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Aviad Kobrine: Chief Financial Officer

Aviad Kobrine has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company since June 2005 and was appointed to the Board in August 2005. From October 2004 he was a consultant to 888. Previously, he was a banker with the Media Telecoms Investment Banking Group of Lehman Brothers and prior to that, he was a senior associate with Slaughter and May. He holds a Masters in Finance from the London Business School (Distinction), a BA in Economics and an LLB from Tel Aviv University.

John Anderson: Non-executive Director

Starting January 2007, John Anderson became a Non-executive Director of the company, following almost seven years in which he held the Chief Executive Officer position. He is currently Non-executive Chairman of Burford Holdings plc and was Chief Executive Officer of Burford Holdings plc from 1996 to 2000. He is also a board member of IGC and eCOGRA. He held a number of senior executive positions within Ladbrokes plc and from 1990 to 1996 he served as an Executive Director.

Brian Mattingley: Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-executive Director

Brian Mattingley has been Deputy Chairman since March 2006, having been appointed to the Board in August 2005. He is currently Non-executive Chairman of the Academy Music Group and was previously Chief Executive of Gala Regional Developments Limited until 2005. From 1997 to 2003 he was Group Finance and Strategy Director of Gala Group Plc, prior to which he was Chief Executive of Ritz Bingo Limited. He has held senior executive positions within Kingfisher Plc and Dee Corporation Plc.

Shay Ben Yitzhak: Non-executive Director

Shay Ben-Yitzhak is one of 888's founders and has been a non-executive director since June 2006. He was previously the Chief Technical Officer of the Company and had been in charge of research and development since the establishment of its research and development centre in Tel Aviv in 1998. Formerly he was a software engineer for Tower Semi Conductor Limited and CIBAM Technologies Limited, he holds a BSc in computer science from Technion - the Israel Institute of Technology.

Michael Constantine: Independent Non-executive Director

Michael Constantine was appointed in August 2005. He is a chartered accountant and a member of the Compliance Institute. From 1996 to 1998 he was Deputy Superintendent of the Turks and Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission and in 1995 he was head of the Financial Supervision Unit of the Mauritius Offshore Business Activities Authority. From 1991 to 1995 he was an Inspector at the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, latterly Acting Commissioner. Prior to this he was a Partner of Spain Brothers & Company and served in the Royal Naval Reserve reaching the rank of Commander.

Amos Pickel: Independent Non-executive Director

Amos Pickel was appointed in March 2006. He is currently Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Red Sea Hotels Ltd. Formerly a Non-executive Director of Gresham Hotel Group Plc, he is a solicitor holding a Masters in Law from New York University and a BA in Law from Tel Aviv University.

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