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Former Flutter chairman Gary McCann joins fintech fund MiddleGame as venture partner

McGann is a former chief executive of Smurfit Kappa and Aer Lingus, and stepped down as chairman of Paddy Power-parent Flutter three months ago

Gary McGann and Ellen McCance have joined MiddleGame as venture partners. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Gary McGann, the former chief executive of Smurfit Kappa and Aer Lingus, is joining fintech fund MiddleGame as a venture partner.

McGann, who stepped down as chairman of Paddy Power-parent Flutter three months ago, said that he was “by no means a tech person” but that he could bring his experience in leading management roles to help MiddleGame Ventures’s portfolio companies.

“Obviously, what they do is very different from what I’ve done previously but I’m ...