Entain’s Central and Eastern Europe joint undertaking with Emma Capital has appointed Mikolaj Cymerman to function its new leader business officer.
Cymerman can also be appointed to paintings as an adviser to the board for STS, the main Polish bookmaker obtained via way of means of Entain CEE in June 2023.
The government is a five-yr Entain veteran. With previous enjoy in sales, he joined the Ladbrokes-Coral operator as a business supervisor in November 2019.
Cymerman changed into appointed head of company improvement on the CEE joint undertaking in October 2022, wherein he served till his modern-day promotion.
“It’s been a hectic and interesting begin to the yr, so I will preserve it short,” stated Cymerman on LinkedIn.
“I’m pumped to announce double news- I might be becoming a member of STS S.A. as an consultant to the board, and additionally I might be persevering with my paintings at Entain CEE in a brand new potential as leader business officer.
“Can’t wait to preserve the momentum going with STS and SuperSport teams!”
Investor slams STS – Entain CEE deal
Cymerman’s new C-degree function comes at a time of flux for the business.
The STS deal formerly confronted complaint from outstanding activist investor Eminence Capital, which launched an open letter slamming Entain’s “empire building, shareholder fee destroying method”.
Amid different issues, questions over Entain’s M&A method in the end led to the toppling of former CEO Jette Nygaard-Andersen, who exited closing month.
Under the transient management of intervening time CEO Stella David, Entain is possibly to hold-off on M&A for the moment, a method which it showed in a Capital Markets Day previous to Nygaard-Andersen’s exit.