David Barnes

• Lead sportsbook trading performance across major North American sports, overseeing pricing strategy, market efficiency, risk management, and commercial P&L outcomes.
• Manage pre-match and live trading operations during high-volume sporting events, ensuring competitive pricing, strong market uptime, and effective liability control.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams to deliver trading automation, tooling enhancements, and operational scalability improvements.
• Drive sportsbook performance analysis across hold, margin, betting patterns, customer behaviour, and engagement metrics to identify optimisation opportunities.
• Support development and optimisation of Same Game Parlay, player props, and derivative market strategies to improve customer engagement and profitability.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Regulatory, Marketing, and CRM teams on sportsbook operations, promotional strategy, and multi-jurisdiction market delivery.
• Lead and mentor trading teams across multiple sports while supporting workflow improvements and operational best practices.
• Act as senior stakeholder during major sporting events, coordinating cross-functional execution across Trading, Product, Operations, and Compliance teams.

• Managed sportsbook trading operations and shift performance across team of traders within sports trading department.
• Oversaw pricing, liabilities, and client management to maximise sportsbook profitability and operational efficiency.
• Led development and optimisation of NFL and MLB sportsbook products, including player prop and touchdown scorer markets.
• Delivered year-on-year turnover growth and maintained above target profit margins across managed products.
• Worked closely with Marketing and Content teams to develop and execute sportsbook promotional initiatives.
• Supported integration of sportsbook products into US-facing business.
• Produced trading and product performance reporting for senior management stakeholders.
• - Conducted appraisals, coaching, and development planning for trading team members.

• Managed overnight sportsbook trading operations across NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and NCAA sports.
• Oversaw in-play trading performance, liabilities, and sportsbook risk management.
• Managed trading team scheduling, task delegation, and operational coordination.
• Collaborated with Marketing teams on promotional campaigns and sportsbook offers.
• Delivered year-on-year growth across American sports betting products.

• Managed pricing and live trading across NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and NCAA markets.
• Expanded market depth and betting coverage across major US sports.
• Monitored liabilities and supported sportsbook profitability through active risk management.

• Supported management of customer service operations, including team coordination and scheduling.
• Managed banking and customer withdrawal processes.

- Handled customer queries and account support across sportsbook operations.

- Assisted with account verification and fraud prevention checks.