Huddle has appointed Iain Hutchison as Senior Vice President of Business Development, as the company continues to develop its commercial strategy within the global igaming and sports betting sector.
Hutchison joins Huddle following senior commercial roles at Digitain and Genius Sports, where he held executive-level positions focused on revenue growth and business development. At Genius Sports, Hutchison was an early employee and progressed to Chief Revenue Officer over a 15-year period, before taking on a comparable role at Digitain.
The appointment comes as Huddle looks to expand the reach of its odds-making and trading services across regulated igaming markets. The company provides pricing and trading technology across a range of sports betting products, including player propositions, micro markets and same game parlays. In addition to its core focus on US sports, Huddle has expanded its product coverage to include tennis and soccer.
In his new role, Hutchison will be responsible for overseeing Huddle’s business development activities, including strengthening existing operator relationships and pursuing new commercial partnerships. The company stated that his experience supporting businesses through early-stage growth and subsequent scaling phases is expected to support its plans for further expansion in regulated jurisdictions.
Huddle’s management team indicated that the hire reflects a shift toward a more outward-facing commercial approach, as the supplier seeks to broaden adoption of its igaming and sports betting products among operators in multiple markets.
Iain Hutchison, SVP of Business Development at Huddle, commented on his appointment: “Huddle has built a proven, high-performance product in the key growth sector of sports betting. The opportunity to join an expert team, building some of the most powerful trading solutions on the market, was a major appeal, and I’m ready to help deliver on the next chapter of this company’s success.
“My focus is to bring a relentless approach to growth, executing a commercial strategy that drives internal revenue and brings even greater value to our existing and future partners. We have the tech already live with leading tier-one operators, and with a tighter product focus and a strong roadmap ahead, we’re well set to open more doors and scale both quickly and robustly.”
Francesco Borgosano, CEO at Huddle, added: “Huddle’s offering is not only proven, but consistently outperform, by some distance, the legacy approaches on the market. We want to build on this momentum, and bringing Iain onboard will help us do just that.
“Iain is someone who understands the journey from a fast-growing start-up to a global powerhouse, and his track record in delivering consistent growth speaks for itself. We’ve had some hugely constructive conversations about Huddle’s growth prospects already, and with his leadership role – which is validation of our brand strength in itself – we can now cement and scale our position as the premier supplier of complex, high margin sports betting products.”
