DAZN Names Former Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany as COO in Executive Team Reshuffle
DAZN appointed Patrick Delany as COO, Alex Gersh as CFO and moved Darren Waterman to chief business officer. The changes follow first profitability in 2025, acquisitions of ViewLift and EverPass, and sportsbook entry into Italy, Germany and Ontario. Leadership draws from Foxtel, Paddy Power Betfair and Sportradar experience.
SCCG Take — The reshuffle equips DAZN with cross-sector expertise precisely when rights renewals and commercial scaling dominate costs. Operators should track whether this structure accelerates handle growth in new markets or simply layers overhead.
DAZN has named Patrick Delany as chief operating officer and Alex Gersh as chief financial officer while shifting Darren Waterman from CFO to chief business officer. The changes are effective immediately. The sports streaming and betting operator is majority-owned by Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries and reached profitability for the first time in 2025.
Executive Backgrounds and Assigned Responsibilities
Delany previously served as CEO of Foxtel Group from 2018 after leading Fox Sports Australia. He will oversee DAZN’s daily operations from London with emphasis on subscriber and revenue growth, sports rights renewals, content production, advertising and sponsorships. This follows the company’s acquisition of the Australian broadcaster last year.
Gersh was CFO of Betfair Plc and then Paddy Power Betfair after the companies’ £5bn merger in 2016. He joined Sportradar in 2020 for a tenure that included the sports data firm’s Nasdaq listing. Waterman, who led DAZN’s financial team since 2022, will now handle strategic commercial projects, global partnerships, distribution agreements and corporate transactions.
Aligning Leadership with Current Expansion Phase
DAZN has acquired ViewLift and EverPass since turning profitable. It has renewed premium sports rights in core markets, integrated FIFA+ into its global platform and is advancing a regional sports distribution business in the US. The sportsbook has expanded from the UK and Spain to Italy and Germany and now targets Ontario as its first betting market outside Europe.
According to reporting by Focus Gaming News, CEO Shay Segev stated that DAZN is entering an exciting new chapter of profitable growth with its platform available in more than 200 markets. The appointments match operational, financial and commercial skill sets to the demands of rights management, partnerships and new market entry. The company must still convert this structure into sustained hold and channelisation gains in regulated betting jurisdictions.
Reporting: Focus Gaming News
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