Inspired Gaming Group has announced a number of changes to its management team. Jim O’Halleran will become Chairman, Inspired Gaming (UK) Limited, reporting to co-CEOs Luke Alvarez and Norman Crowley. In this expanded role O’Halleran will have direct operational control over two of Inspired’s fastest growing businesses, Leisure Services and Ireland, and will continue to be involved in the development of UK strategy.
O’Halleran will continue as an Executive Director on the plc board and will also now represent the interests of the Group’s UK operations to government and industry bodies.
Adam Hodges will be promoted to Managing Director, Leisure Services, reporting to O’Halleran. Paul Terroni, currently Group Strategy Director (and formerly MD of IGT subsidiary Barcrest), will now become CEO of Inspired Gaming UK, also reporting to Alvarez and Crowley and working closely with O’Halleran. Terroni will lead the UK machine operations and drive forward Inspired’s strategy for Open Server-Based Gaming-led growth of the UK business. Reporting to Terroni, Barry Knowles has been promoted to Managing Director, Casino and Bingo and Neale Deeley to Managing Director, Pubs and LBOs.On the back of winning major CGI contracts such as “Oceans Thirteen” and given the substantial International opportunities for Inspired’s virtual sports business, Inspired will be separating Virtual Racing from the Television division of the Red Vision business to enable better focus on each. Jonathan Mills will join the new business as Managing Director of Inspired Virtual Gaming. Dave Mousley will continue to head up the television business. Mills is a new hire for Inspired and he has held many senior executive roles in other technology companies e.g. CEO and founder of Trinity Technology Group. Finally, Inspired is now ready to capitalise on the many new opportunities in the UK market for third party field service beyond its core gaming operations. A new, more distinct business unit will therefore be created to hold Inspired’s Managed Service functions, led by Dave Wilson as CEO.These changes are in addition to a number of key recruits in the first half of the year into Inspired’s International and Software Development divisions. Inspired Gaming Group co-CEOs Luke Alvarez and Norman Crowley commented: “Inspired is growing strongly and we are investing in our team to exploit the substantial UK and international opportunities afforded by the accelerating Open SBG market. During the year to date, we have already substantially increased our software and product development teams and our international sales resources. These latest UK changes increase the depth of our management team and align our various business units for the next phase of growth.”
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