Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has appointed Richard Carter as CEO of its Platform & Sportsbook department, in advance of the deliberate cut up of the enterprise into separate companies.
Carter will expect his new position on 18 September and may be tasked with remodeling the Platform & Sportsbook department right into a stand-alone, publicly-indexed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enterprise.
He formerly served as CEO of Bragg Gaming and previous to that SBTech, wherein he led the enterprise’s merger with DraftKings thru a three-manner cope with Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.
Commenting on his appointment, Carter said: “I am extremely joyful to turn out to be the Platform & Sportsbook CEO of GiG at such an interesting time withinside the group’s development. With its incredible information led proprietary generation platform, quarter main regulated marketplace insurance and various product portfolio, the GiG Platform is surprisingly properly located to preserve its current sturdy increase momentum.
“I can’t wait to get began out and am very a great deal searching ahead to running with the GiG Platform & Sportsbook team, constructing at the sturdy development to date, and through the years supporting to unharness and extract the entire capacity of a standalone GiG platform.”
GiG chairman Petter Nylander commented: “We are very thrilled and excited to announce that Richard Carter will be part of GiG as Platform & Sportsbook CEO for the duration of Q3, 2023.
“The board believes Richard Carter has the applicable experience, given his achievement as CEO of SBTech and has proven an excellent and deep information of the GiG commercial enterprise, its possibilities and furnished considerate strategic concerns on how construct at the current achievement of the Platform & Sportsbook commercial enterprise and riding shareholder value.”
Shares in Gaming Innovation Group Inc (OSL:GIG) closed 2.seventy one in line with cent better at NOK28.forty five in line with percentage in Oslo Monday.