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Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) is searching for a new chief executive for its platform business, with Richard Brown preparing to step down by the end of 2023. Gaming Innovation Group’s board announced late Monday (29 May) that it had agreed Brown would depart his role on 31 December 2023. It comes in the wake of
Members of German sports betting trade body Deutscher Sportwettenverband (DSWV) have re-elected Tipwin CEO Dr. Damir Böhm to the body’s executive council, the Presidium. The DSWV membership unanimously elected Böhm to a second five-year term. The chief executive has been a member of the Presidium since 2018. Following a stint at the Kartal Lawyers firm
Swedish gaming operator Kindred Group has confirmed that chief marketing officer Elen Barber and chief commercial officer Anne-Jaap Snijders have both resigned from the company. Alongside former CCO and current interim CEO Nils Andén, Barber and Snijders led a review of Kindred’s commercial and marketing operations in the second half of 2022. Kindred said that
Henrik Tjärnström has resigned as chief executive of Kindred Group, with chief commercial officer Nils Andén to serve as his interim replacement. Henrik Tjärnström first joined Kindred Group, then Unibet, as a non-executive director in 2003. He became its chief financial officer and deputy CEO in 2008, before taking the top job two years later.
Former chief operating officer Stephen Fisk is to take over as Microgaming’s new chief executive officer from Andrew Clucas with “immediate effect”. Fisk first joined Microgaming in October 2016 as director of sportsbook, where he was responsible for developing and growing the company’s sport betting offering. The former PokerStars director of operations left Microgaming in
After 21 years with SJM Holdings, Dr. So Shu Fai will step down from the roles of CEO, executive director and vice chairman. Dr. So informed the board that he would retire and not offer himself up for re-election as the exective director of SJM Holdings at the business’s forthcoming annual general meeting (AGM). Upon
Gambling technology business Aristocrat Leisure has nominated Jennifer Aument as a non-executive director, subject to receipt of all relevant regulatory pre- approvals. A highly experienced executive, Aument most recently served as global chief executive for transportation at Aecom, where she led a team of over 14,000 people. Prior to this, Aument spent over 15 years
Regulatory compliance business GeoComply announced that would be hiring former US Secret Service special agent Michael Dawson to its risk services team. Dawson – who served 23 years with the federal law enforcement agency – will become a law enforcement liaison for the company after a career that saw him become a proficient investigator of
Regulatory technology business GeoComply has announced that it has tapped former Meta director of engineering Vadim Jelezniakov as its new chief technology officer. Previous to joining GeoComply, Jelezniakov worked at a number of blue chip US corporations including Google, Amazon and the New York Times. During his career, he has worked within product development, specialising
Omnichannel lottery provider Scientific Games has made a number of internal promotions as it looks to grow its digital and sports division. Scientific Games aims to build on the momentum it achieved following its sale to Brookfield Business Partners in April 2022 by expanding its sports and digital teams, as well as “re-aligning” company leadership
