GAMBLING group William Hill is set to announce the hire of a new chief financial officer from packaging company DS Smith.

Sky News reported that the gambling giant will announce the hire of Adrian Marsh today.

He will replace Ruth Prior whose exit was announced last month.

Prior, who joined William Hill in 2017, is leaving the gambling company to join Element Materials Technology as finance chief.

Marsh joined FTSE 100 packaging giant DS Smith in 2013.

He previously held senior roles at supermarket Tesco and chemical company Astrazeneca.

Last year he was appointed as audit chair at FTSE 250 energy services company John Wood Group.

DS Smith declined to comment and William Hill did not respond to requests for comment.

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