IGaming HR Roundup For July 2023
Mike Goodpaster Published 07/07/2023
It’s been yet another busy month in the world of iGaming. With major changes in the senior management teams at major players like Kindred Group, as well as shake-ups at some of the hottest developers such as Spribe and Yggdrasil, it’s promising to be another big year for online gambling brands. Here are just some of the biggest HR changes in iGaming for July 2023:
A new chief gaming officer at Yggdrasil
Popular online casino game developer, Yggdrasil, will be looking forward to the arrival of Mark McGinley as its new chief gaming officer. McGinley had previously been the CEO of FunFair Games and he has over 25 years of experience in the online gaming domain.
This has included time spent as the director of the games studios at the Entain gaming studio, as well as work for RNG Foundry, Casumo and Odobo. Plus with experience at games developers ranging from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe to Rockstar, McGinley looks set to help Yggdrasil take things to the next level.
Kindred’s shake-up at the top
Kindred Group is one of the market leaders in iGaming and it is the company behind brands ranging from Unibet and Maria Casino to 32Red. It recently announced that Johan Wilsby would be leaving the chief financial officer role, but that Patrick Kortman will be coming in as the interim CFO.
Kortman already has a good working knowledge of how Kindred Group operates having been with the brand for nearly five years as the head of the corporate development and investor relations division.
Before he came to the iGaming giant, Kortman worked in a number of different sectors including private equity and financial services. As outgoing CFO, Wilsby will stay on hand at Kindred for the next few months to support Kortman as he adapts to the new role. This move follows on from the arrival of Nils Anden who got the role of interim chief executive in May following the departure of Henrik Tjarnstrom.
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Spribe going from strength to strength with new chief commercial officer
Following on from the huge success of their Aviator game, Spribe is looking to maintain its momentum with the appointment of Giorgi Tsutskiridze as its new chief commercial officer.
This will be another addition to its senior management, and Tsutskiridze will be in charge of directing the sales and business development of this Kyiv-based games developer. Prior to his appointment at Spribe, Tsutskiridze had worked at a range of casino-related companies including BetConstruct and VBet.
Major changes at Pariplay
Pariplay has also undergone some big changes in its bid to stay as a key player in the online casino gaming industry. The NeoGames subsidiary has recently taken on Ashley Bloor as its new director of partnerships, while Irina Roman will be its new head of account management.
Bloor comes to Pariplay from her time as the head of operations for RGS at EveryMatrix, and she worked at Bet365, Gala Coral and William Hill before that. It’s expected that Bloor will be pivotal in helping Pariplay continue its impressive growth to build markets in North America and Europe. Roman comes to Pariplay following roles at EveryMatrix, as well as NetEnt and Enteractive.