Online Casino Transfer: News - Surprising CEO Switch

07/16/2010		Online Casino Style: News Surprising CEO Switch
Home History Games News Dictionary		A surprising piece of news has hit online gambling news briefs this week with the very quick departure of a newly appointed chief executive; according to an official statement by Svenska Spel, the state gambling monopoly in Sweden, their head of office in Meta Persdotter will be stepping down from the leadership position after just 18 months of service. Even more interesting is the apparently lack of details regarding the decision, with no reasons for the change given to the rest of the internet gambling community. It’s a curious twist for Svenska Spel, who only a couple of weeks ago had announced that Tomas Agrell would be leaving their employment; in response to inquiries the internet gambling monopoly has since said that the two exits are unrelated to one another. Agrell had acted as Spel’s marketing director and has since been replaced by Peter Jannero. For the untimely departure of Persdotter, Anders Hagg will be stepping in a filling the role as CEO for the interim until a more suitable person can be found. Hagg is Svenka Spel’s financial director. According to some, Persdotter fulfilled her duties and expectations within the 18 months she acted as CEO, with chairwoman for Svenska Spel, Margareta Winberg saying, “Meta Persdotters mission has been to increase efforts to strengthen Svenska Spels social responsibility, a task she has carried out successfully and something that will be of increasing importance for the company in the future.” Some in the online gambling industry wonder about the significant number of changes that the company has made in the last year, including some pretty substantial organizational changes. The latest piece of their grand puzzle will be the new appointment of a replacement leader. Whatever their motive, it seems that the firm may know what they’re doing, with the company reporting their third best year ever, in spite of increased competition on the internet casino side.

07/16/2010

Online Casino Style: News
Surprising CEO Switch

A surprising piece of news has hit online gambling news briefs this week with the very quick departure of a newly appointed chief executive; according to an official statement by Svenska Spel, the state gambling monopoly in Sweden, their head of office in Meta Persdotter will be stepping down from the leadership position after just 18 months of service. Even more interesting is the apparently lack of details regarding the decision, with no reasons for the change given to the rest of the internet gambling community.

It’s a curious twist for Svenska Spel, who only a couple of weeks ago had announced that Tomas Agrell would be leaving their employment; in response to inquiries the internet gambling monopoly has since said that the two exits are unrelated to one another. Agrell had acted as Spel’s marketing director and has since been replaced by Peter Jannero. For the untimely departure of Persdotter, Anders Hagg will be stepping in a filling the role as CEO for the interim until a more suitable person can be found. Hagg is Svenka Spel’s financial director.

According to some, Persdotter fulfilled her duties and expectations within the 18 months she acted as CEO, with chairwoman for Svenska Spel, Margareta Winberg saying, “Meta Persdotters mission has been to increase efforts to strengthen Svenska Spels social responsibility, a task she has carried out successfully and something that will be of increasing importance for the company in the future.”

Some in the online gambling industry wonder about the significant number of changes that the company has made in the last year, including some pretty substantial organizational changes. The latest piece of their grand puzzle will be the new appointment of a replacement leader. Whatever their motive, it seems that the firm may know what they’re doing, with the company reporting their third best year ever, in spite of increased competition on the internet casino side.