Nick Mills – Chief Executive
Originally from a direct marketing background, Nick joined Coral bookmakers in January 1998 and worked there as marketing director until March 2005. Nick joined Racing UK (now RMG) as Sales and Marketing Director in March 2005, before rising to Commercial Director. He was appointed Chief Commercial Officer in 2020, responsible for all the commercial functions within the business, including streaming, international, sales and marketing. Nick assumed his new role of CEO on November 4.
Tim Moss – Finance Director
Tim joined RMG as CFO in 2023. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2005, Tim has spent the majority of his career working in sports finance. Prior to joining RMG, Tim was the Group Finance Director for the Welsh Rugby Union. He began his finance career with KPMG in 2002, shortly after graduating in Economics from Durham University. Tim is a Fellow of the ICAEW.
Ed Gretton – Director of Racing
Ed has been Racing Director at RMG since 2011. Previously, Ed, had been Clerk of the Course at Chester and Bangor-on-Dee since 2004 and before that worked for the Jockey Club at Market Rasen and Nottingham, having originally worked on the sponsorship team at Sandown Park. A former graduate trainee at the BHB, he worked for several trainers in the UK and France between study periods, and had a short and limited (in several ways) career riding in point to points. He holds an MBA from the University of Chester and a BA in French and Russian from Bristol University.
Clive Cottrell – Director of Marketing
Clive was appointed Director of Marketing for Racing UK in February 2011, having spent the preceding 9 months consulting for the Commercial side of the business. Clive joined from the Betting and Gaming sector having performed senior marketing roles since 2003 at both Gala Coral and Party Gaming. In the early part of his career he developed his marketing skills within the Financial Services and Mail Order sectors.
Seb Vance – Director of Communications and International TV Distribution
Seb has worked in the racing world all his career. He started at the Racing Post in 2001 and fulfilled dual roles as reporter and assistant news editor for the next four years, before moving to Dubai in 2005, where he worked as PR Manager for the Dubai Racing Club. He moved back to the UK at the end of 2008 and joined RMG in June 2009.
Ben Dowding – Chief Betting Officer
Ben joined RMG in 2013 after 4.5 years working for RMG’s largest shareholder The Jockey Club, where he was responsible for regional partnerships in the London region and the relationship lead with Derby sponsor Investec. Joining RMG as Head of Partnerships before becoming Head of B2B, Ben moved to the new role of Director of Betting in 2018. Ben is RMG’s commercial and operational lead with bookmakers and associated key suppliers, with his main focus on streaming and data.