DraftKings hands top accounting role to Bradbury

Sports betting and daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has appointed Erik Bradbury as its new chief accounting officer with immediate effect.

Reporting directly to chief financial officer Jason Park, Bradbury will oversee the operator’s corporate accounting functions, such as Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and regulatory reporting, operational accounting, accounting policy, and development of relevant accounting positions.

Bradbury takes on the role having served as a partner at Ernst and Young since July 2017, acting as lead partner for the firm’s largest global clients.

He worked for EY between 2008 and 2015, holding a number of positions including manager and senior manager of certain services.

Bradbury then spent two years away from Ernst and Young between September 2015 and August 2017, working as a professional accounting fellow at independent financial services resource Financial Executive International.

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