McCreevy joins Worldspreads as director

FORMER finance minister Charlie McCreevy has been appointed to the board of online spread betting and share trading firm, Worldspreads as a non-executive director.

The Irish-founded company has appointed the 61 year-old former EU commissioner to help open doors for it as it looks to expand its services across Europe. Mr McCreevy doesn’t have any shareholding in the company, but will take “an active part” in its growth throughout Europe, “developing new partnerships with banks, stockbrokers and other financial third parties.

“We see Europe as our growth market and we see developing strong partnership agreements as a key part of our growth strategy.