, /PRNewswire/ -- Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSII) ("Heidrick & Struggles", "Heidrick" or the "Company"), a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, today announced the appointment of as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), effective . Sinha currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of LLC, a globally regulated payments company. He was previously Global Head of Product at T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and also led the Wealth & Asset Management and Corporate Business Functions Practices at McKinsey & Company. " is a proven financial leader with a passion for strategy, transformation, and people leadership across professional services, financial services, and technology. Throughout his career, Nirupam has helped lead transformative financial management and value creation, all while advancing organizational growth, making him the ideal leader to create value for clients, colleagues and shareholders," said Heidrick & Struggles' Chief Executive Officer . "Nirupam has the strategic insight, leadership skills and deep experience to support Heidrick & Struggles as the world's most trusted partner in leadership and critical talent decisions, focused on building differentiated, deep and durable relationships with the world's most leadership-obsessed companies." "We are in a pivotal time when people and leadership can make or break a business, making the work at Heidrick & Struggles ever more important," said . "Heidrick & Struggles has long served at the heart of talent strategy and continues to innovate and expand its offerings in an increasingly transformative market. I believe we have an exciting road ahead as a firm and I'm honored to be a part of it. As Heidrick & Struggles continues to grow, I look forward to helping the Company continue to scale and deliver strong performance for our clients and shareholders around the world." is a tested leader with extensive experience across professional services, financial services, and technology. He currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of , a global payments company, where he oversees a team of more than 200 across Accounting, Treasury, Tax, FP&A, Investor Relations, and Strategy as well as other groups. Nirupam also served as the Global Head of Product at asset management firm T. , where his tenure also included senior Finance and Strategy roles. With nearly 20 years of experience, Nirupam has a proven track record of transforming finance functions, scaling organizational growth, and engaging across stakeholder groups. He began his career at McKinsey & Company in the Financial Services Practice and also worked at Serent Capital as a private equity investor. Nirupam holds a B.A. in Political Science from and an MBA from the Wharton School at the . Sinha is based in . Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) is a premier provider of global leadership advisory services and on-demand talent solutions, serving the senior talent and consulting needs of the world's top organizations. Heidrick & Struggles pioneered the profession of executive search more than 70 years ago. Today, we partner with clients to develop future-ready leaders and organizations, combining our expertise in executive search, leadership consulting, and on-demand talent solutions to maximize client profitability and performance. Helping our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.® Global Director, Public Relations Heidrick & Struggles View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Heidrick & StrugglesU.S. Sanctions Georgia's Ivanishvili For 'Undermining' Democracy
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Back-to-back games against one of the few NHL teams already likely out of playoff contention seemingly present the New York Islanders with a valuable opportunity to gain ground in the crowded Eastern Conference wild-card race. But the Chicago Blackhawks began their three-game road trip by proving there are no sure things in the NHL. The Islanders will look to get back in the win column and the Blackhawks will again attempt to play early-season spoiler Thursday night, when New York begins a two-game set against Chicago in Elmont, N.Y. The two teams are slated to play again Sunday afternoon in Chicago, one day after the Blackhawks conclude their road trip by visiting the New Jersey Devils. The Islanders were off Wednesday after their two-game winning streak ended Tuesday, when they fell to the visiting Los Angeles Kings 3-1. The Blackhawks haven't played since Monday, when they snapped a five-game losing streak by edging the New York Rangers 2-1. The loss to the Kings cost the Islanders an opportunity to at least temporarily climb into an Eastern Conference wild-card spot. The New York teams each ended Tuesday with 29 points, one point behind the Tampa Bay Lightning and Philadelphia Flyers in the race for the two wild cards. Fifteen of the 16 teams in the Eastern Conference are within four points of a playoff spot. The defeat also further magnified the Islanders' small margin of error on both sides of the ice without first-liners Mathew Barzal (upper body) and Anthony Duclair (lower body) and defensemen Adam Pelech (jaw) and Mike Reilly (heart), who are all dealing with long-term issues expected to keep them out weeks to months. The Islanders were outshot 30-20 Tuesday, two nights after they beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 despite being outshot 31-13. Seven of New York's 13 points in the last three games have been scored by three players: Anders Lee (three points), Kyle Palmieri and Noah Dobson. "We'll take the things that we could clean up -- we can do a better job off the rush, in the last couple games, we gave up too many chances there," Dobson said. "We have to reset and get ready for Thursday." The Blackhawks' imperfections were also on display Monday, when they won for the first time since Nov. 27, beating the New York Rangers 2-1. The victory isn't likely to spark a playoff push for Chicago, whose 20 points are tied with the Nashville Predators for the fewest in the NHL and 13 fewer than the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames, who enter Thursday tied for the last wild-card spot. Chicago has scored 12 goals in the last six games and 67 goals overall this season, the third-fewest in the NHL entering Wednesday. The Blackhawks scored first Monday, as they did four times during their losing streak, but improved to 2-17-2 when scoring two or fewer goals thanks to Taylor Hall's game-winner 6:16 into the second against the Rangers. The win was the first for interim head coach Anders Sorensen, who replaced Luke Richardson Dec. 5. "We need to get a winning feeling consistently," Hall said. "One win's not good enough. We need to stick together and get two, three, four wins. I think you're going to see a lot more guys play with confidence, play on their toes and a bit more smiles out there." --Field Level Media
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — It doesn't happen all that often, but when it does, it can seem like a dream come true for sports gamblers: being able to bet on a game after it has already ended. And it has happened again in Atlantic City, where a sportsbook has been fined for taking $25,000 worth of bets on college basketball and hockey games and boxing matches after they were over. In action made public last week, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined William Hill Sportsbook $20,000 for bets it wrongly took in 2022 and 2023. The company voided most of the bets after discovering the errors. But others had already been paid out to customers. William Hill operates retail sportsbooks in Atlantic City at the Caesars, Harrah's and Tropicana casinos. The casinos' parent company, Caesars Entertainment, did not respond to messages seeking comment Friday and Monday. According to documents from the enforcement division, on Feb. 23 and 24, 2022, it took 42 bets via in-person kiosks on 12 college basketball games after the results were already known. William Hill paid just over $5,000 to customers on six bets before it became aware of the error. The remainder of the bets were voided and the customers' initial wagers were returned to them. William Hill blamed the error on a sportsbook content supplier, London-based OpenBet, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. Similar errors allowed illegal bets on two boxing matches. On June 11, 2022, William Hill took bets on a Chris Kongo-Sebastian Formella boxing match that it had advertised as starting at noon. However, the match began at 11:15 a.m. and concluded at 11:55 a.m. On April 15, 2023, William Hill took bets on a Denzel Bentley-Kieran Smith fight after it, too, had already ended. The company listed the fight as a noon start, but it began at 11:55 a.m. and ended just 45 seconds later with a knockout. The division also fined Amelco, a London-based sports betting technology company, $10,000 for violations including allowing sportsbook PlayUp to take a bet in March 2022 on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg becoming the next U.S. president. Although recent court decisions allowed political betting in last month's election, it was not allowed at the time the bet was made. PlayUp utilized Amelco and Sportradar as its sportsbook providers. In documents filed with the enforcement division, Amelco said Sportradar listed the U.S. presidential election under a category of bets that Amelco marked as “true,” automatically listing it on its menu of betting markets. Amelco told the division its own trading team failed to recognize the U.S. election as an event that was not authorized to be bet upon. Sportradar said it does not label any of the betting markets in its data feed as authorized or unauthorized, adding it is the responsibility of each sports betting company to make sure they only offer bets that comply with local laws. Sportradar also noted that the division did not assess a fine against it, adding that Amelco was “solely liable” for the violation. PlayUp also accepted two bets worth nearly $700 on a Seton Hall University basketball game on Jan. 18, 2023, in violation of a state law prohibiting bets on New Jersey college teams. PlayUp and Amelco did not respond to requests for comment Monday. The $1 bet on Buttigieg was voided. It's not the first time this has happened. In November 2021, the division fined the Malta-based sports betting technology company Kambi Group and Chicago-based Rush Street Interactive $1,000 apiece for taking bets on a British soccer game that was already over . And in September, it fined bet365 $33,000 for taking bets on already-completed basketball, golf and mixed martial arts events. Follow Wayne Parry on X at https://x.com/WayneParryAC .
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