Cliff Baty

Cliff Baty is Interim Chief Financial Officer of The Rank Group, a role he took up in February 2026. He is an experienced finance director whose work has covered strategic and financial planning, investor relations, financial governance, international operations and stakeholder management, mainly in listed leisure and gaming businesses.

Baty qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, where he worked for ten years. He then spent eight years at Ladbrokes plc in several senior finance positions. These included Finance Director of its eGaming and International businesses, and finance responsibility for Ladbrokes' operations in Spain, Italy and South Africa.

He later became Chief Financial Officer of Sportech plc, a pool betting operator and technology supplier. After that he spent eight years at Manchester United plc, where he was Chief Financial Officer and a Director of the company, before joining Rank.

Baty holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Oriel College, Oxford, awarded in 1992.