People news 3 October 2017
The latest people news from the egaming industry in the last seven days (26 September to 3 October 2017)
William Hill promotes Paul Durkan to group CIO
Hills veteran replaces Kevin O’Connor who recently left the company after 18 months as chief information officer
William Hill has promoted Paul Durkan to the role of group chief information officer (CIO) following the departure of the operator’s former CIO Kevin O’Connor.
Durkan officially took up his new position in August having previously worked in a number of senior roles at Hills since joining in 2001, including BIS operations director and programme director for the Online business.
The Hills veteran was most recently CIO retail, trading and development director.
He replaces former CIO Kevin O’Connor who originally joined William Hill in January 2016 following senior technology roles at Paddy Power, S&P Capital IQ and Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
CasinoCoin appoints Kindred, Gamesys and DraftKings execs to advisory board
Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency CasinoCoin has appointed a number of senior gambling industry professionals to its foundation’s newly-established advisory board.
CasinoCoin was acquired and re-launched by former PokerStars marketing director John Caldwell and Rational Group’s Duncan Cameron, and is being developed in partnership with a number of leading egaming jurisdictions including the Isle of Man and Malta.
It aims to become the cryptocurrency of choice for the egaming industry.
CEO of Gamesys Lee Fenton; Britt Boeskov, CPO of Kindred Group; and Sam Hobcraft, CEO of OPL Gaming Group are among those appointed to the board.
Scientific Games appoints new chief marketing officer
Scientific Games (SG) has announced the appointment of Shawn Dennis as chief marketing officer.
Dennis has 25 years of experience in the entertainment, consumer and sports marketing industries, and will be responsible for ‘elevating the company’s global leadership brand position, promoting its integrated brands and increasing engagement with customers and players’.
Dennis joins SG from DreamWorks Animation, where she served as global head of brand and franchise development, having also worked for American Girl, Dell, and the NFL.
President and CEO of SG Kevin Sheehan said: “We are excited to welcome Shawn to the Scientific Games executive team.”
William Hill’s Andrew Lyman named Gibraltar regulatory head
The Gibraltar government has announced Andrew Lyman as the new head of Gibraltar’s gambling authority.
Lyman will take over from Phill Brear, who will step into an authority advisory role in January 2018.
Lyman is currently the director of regulatory affairs at William Hill, while his previous roles include director of monitoring and enforcement at the UK Gambling Commission and chief executive for the Association of British Bookmakers.
He will lead the Rock’s gaming tax restructure and introduce the Gambling Act Review in 2018.