Dutch National Lottery operator Nederlandse Loterij has named Arjan Blok as its subsequent leader govt officer to update Niels Onkenhout.
Blok has served because the lottery’s leader monetary officer seeing that November 2016 and could take over while Onkenhout’s time period ends subsequent September.
“On behalf of the Supervisory Board, I could first want to specific my honest appreciation to the Management Board of Nederlandse Loterij, with Niels Onkenhout as CEO and Arjan Blok as CFO,” stated Nederlandse Loterij chairman Alexander Pechtold. “Over the beyond seven years, they’ve helped broaden Nederlandse Loterij right into a wholesome domestic for sturdy gaming brands, in which the pursuits of the participant are constantly at the vanguard via a exceptional accountable gaming coverage and a developing contribution lower back to society.”
Onkenhou has been in fee of the lottery seeing that its formation in 2016 via the merger of the Nederlandse Staatsloterij and De Lotto.
“In discussions approximately a successor to Niels, given the imminent cease of his ultimate time period, Arjan emerged as the perfect candidate,” persevered Pechtold. “Under Arjan’s leadership, after the merger in 2016, the business enterprise have become characterised through non-stop fantastic monetary results. He has additionally made a full-size contribution to accelerating the virtual transformation.
“As co-director, he has sizeable understanding of the business enterprise and may make sure continuity withinside the company. We are assured that during time, with this new Executive Board – complemented through a newly recruited CFO – we can have a sturdy group in location to take Dutch Lottery to the subsequent chapter.”