London-listed online gaming affiliate XLMedia has named David King as its new chief executive officer.
King will join XLMedia on 1 July and replaces Stuart Simms, who announced his intention to step down in April and will leave the company following a period supporting an orderly handover.
King has held a number [...]
Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel Group has appointed former real estate tech executive Andrew Sheh as its new chief technology officer.
Joining the company’s senior leadership team, Sheh brings over 20 years of experience driving technology strategies, leading large scale organizations, and building global scalable platforms.
He joins FanDuel from real-estate technology brokerage firm [...]
Britain’s Gambling Commission has confirmed the permanent appointment of Andrew Rhodes as chief executive.
Rhodes has served as interim chief executive since joining the Commission in June 2021, originally for an 18-month period, having held a number of senior roles at private and public sector organisations including Swansea University, the Department [...]
Malta-based casino games developer Playson has promoted game producer Nikolay Illiustrov to serve as its new head of games.
Illiustrov will lead Playson’s slots portfolio strategy and assumes responsibility for the games development process and management of product leads.
Illiustrov joined Playson in 2015 as a game designer before being promoted to [...]
Foxwoods Resort Casino owner Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has named Anika Howard as the first CEO and president of its rebranded iGaming arm, Wondr Nation.
Formerly Mashantucket Pequot Interactive, Wondr Nation is a new venture that aims to expand the Tribe's digital footprint in Connecticut and other jurisdictions. It will be [...]
iGaming technology supplier Strive Gaming has brought in Andrew Holmes to serve as its new chief operating officer.
In his new role as COO, Holmes will from part of a management quartet that includes CEO Max Meltzer, president and CCO Damian Xuereb and CTO Jesse Cary. He will be based at [...]
Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel has tapped sister company PokerStars for a leader to grow its online casino business.
Asaf Noifeld has been appointed to the newly created role of Managing Director, Casino, after eight years with PokerStars, where he helped to build the casino business from scratch.
"Asaf brings deep experience building online [...]
New York-listed betting and gaming operator Super Group has announced the appointment of Natara Holloway and Jonathan Jossel to its Board of Directors.
The appointments increase the number of independent directors on the company's board members and take the total number of directors to nine.
Holloway joins the Super Group Board following [...]
Dutch state-owned gaming operator Holland Casino has named Petra de Ruiter as chief executive officer.
De Ruiter, who is currently chief operations officer at budget airline Transavia, succeeds Erwin van Lambaart as CEO.
“Petra de Ruiter's experience and knowledge in the specific combination of guest experience and operational excellence are an excellent [...]
New York-listed sports data and technology supplier Sportradar has appointed Michael Gandolfo as group head, regional sales for North America.
Gandolfo joins Sportradar from Fiserv, where he led the company’s financial institution sales and service team. He also served as the president of Fiserv’s client advisory board (CAB) and on the [...]
Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel Group has appointed David Jennings as the company’s new chief financial officer.
Jennings' responsibilities will include the oversight of all finance functions including financial planning and analysis, strategy, accounting, procurement, tax and treasury, in support of the company's Sportsbook, Casino, Racing, Daily Fantasy, Retail and corporate functions.
“David is [...]
New York-listed social gaming operator SciPlay has appointed April Henry, Charles Prober and Constance P. James to its board of directors.
Henry has over two decades of experience advising global corporations across the technology industry and is founder and managing partner of Hawkeye Digital, a strategic consulting firm. She also serves [...]