Stephen Morana
> Betfair
PROFILE:
CFO and former interim CEO
After nine months in temporary charge of the world’s largest betting exchange, Stephen Morana has handed back control to incoming CEO and former Paddy Power veteran Breon Corcoran. Tom Victor talks to Morana about misperception, mobile and major achievements
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