Matt Mitchell, previously a non-executive director of Tattersalls Ireland since the acquisition of the Cheltenham and Ascot Sales from Brightwells in October of 2015, has been appointed the new Tattersalls Ireland Chief Executive Officer, Tattersalls Ireland announced on Tuesday. Mitchell, who started his new role on July 10, will also join the Tattersalls Board in Newmarket. Tattersalls Ireland Director of Bloodstock Sales Neil Walsh has been appointed a non-executive director, as he takes on the management of his family farm in Co Kilkenny, while Tattersalls Ireland Managing Director Roger Casey will continue in his original role of Tattersalls Ireland Finance Director and Company Secretary.
Mitchell, who started out as General Manager of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing in 1992, became the Goffs Bloodstock Sales Managing Director in 2000 and he then moved to the Thoroughbred division of Brightwells as Head of Bloodstock. Mitchell joined the Board of Tattersalls Ireland in 2015.
“Matt Mitchell is already a key member of the Tattersalls Ireland management team and is a hugely respected figure throughout the Thoroughbred industry,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “His appointment comes at a time of sustained expansion for Tattersalls Ireland overseen by our Finance Director Roger Casey.”
Looking ahead to taking on the new role of Tattersalls Ireland CEO, Matt Mitchell added, “The Tattersalls Group sets the standard for bloodstock auctioneers throughout the world and it is an enormous privilege to be taking on the role of Tattersalls Ireland CEO and to be joining the Tattersalls Board.”
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