executive management

Manuel Stan_v

Manuel Stan

Hired 1 July 2024. Chief Executive Officer

Year of birth: 1984
Education: BSc International Business and Economics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies; Executive Management Programme Diploma, Yale School of Management
Other assignments:

Previous experience: Two decades in the online gambling industry, including over 16 years at Kindred Group as Head of Digital Marketing; Marketing Director and SVP North America
Own and closely associated holdings: 520,000 shares and 800,000 share options/warrants

Mike Gerrow_v

Michael Gerrow

Hired 26 April 2020. Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from 15 April 2024

Year of birth: 1986
Education: BCom, Dalhousie University (Canada); Chartered Professional Accountant from CPA Canada; Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK)
Other assignments:
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Previous experience: More than 15 years of business experience, including Head of Financial Planning and Analysis and VP Finance at Catena Media; Controller at Medusa Medical Technologies (now part of ESO); Finance Director/Partner at Malta-based independent marketing agency Hangar
Own and closely associated holdings: 88,991 shares and 530,000 share options/warrants

Liv Biesemans

Liv Biesemans

Hired 1 January 2025. Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

Year of birth: 1984
Education: Master of Law, Catholic University Leuven (Belgium); LLM in Intellectual Property and EU Competition Law, Liege University (Belgium); LLM in U.S. Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
Other assignments: –
Previous experience: More than 15 years of experience in the online gambling industry, first in private practice and subsequently as Group Head of Legal and Group Deputy General Counsel at Kindred Group Plc overseeing both European and North American operations
Own and closely associated holdings: 150,000 share options

Pierre Cadena_v

Pierre Cadena

Hired 1 November 2023. Chief Operating Officer (COO) from 1 July 2024

Year of birth: 1975
Education: MBA, Kenan-Flagler Business School at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; BS in Commerce, McIntire School of Commerce at University of Virginia
Other assignments:
Board of Advisors at Gaud-Hammer Gaming Group
Previous experience: US Committee Chair and Director at Raketech; Senior Vice President Revenue & Strategy at Fox Entertainment/TMZ; Senior Vice President Strategy & Corporate Development at WarnerMedia/Crunchyroll; Vice President Strategy & Corporate Development at Caesars Entertainment
Own and closely associated holdings: 212,000 shares and 570,000 share options/warrants

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Jamie-Grace Farrugia

Hired 18 February 2019. Chief Human Resources Officer from 16 April 2025

Year of birth: 1979
Education: Business Management, Seneca College (Canada); Human Resources Management Diploma, CIPD (UK); Diploma in Executive Coaching, Academy of Executive Coaching (UK)
Other assignments: –
Previous experience: More than 15 years of experience within the online gambling industry, including VP of Human Resources at Catena Media; Human Resources Manager at White Noise Gaming Ltd. and HR Business Partner at Betclic Everest group
Own and closely associated holdings: 140,000 share options

Edward Midolo_v

Edward Midolo

Hired 1 October 2018. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from 1 April 2024

Year of birth: 1984
Education: National Diploma in ICT (Infrastructure), Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology
Other assignments: –
Previous experience: More than 15 years of industry experience, including Head of Technical Operations, Group Head of Central Technology and VP of Systems Technology at Catena Media; Senior Systems Engineer, Systems Architect and Manager Application Services (Europe) at CCBill; Infrastructure Engineer at Gamesys Network Ltd
Own and closely associated holdings: 39,697 shares and 370,000 share options

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Valentina Giommoni

Hired 16 August 2021. Senior Vice President Marketing from 16 April 2025

Year of birth: 1982
Education: PHD Political Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca (Italy), MA Political Science and Decisional Processes, Florence University (Italy)
Other assignments: –
Previous experience: More than 10 years of experience in online marketing for the gaming industry (content marketing, organic acquisition, performance analysis), both on operator and affiliation side.
Own and closely associated holdings: 207,500 share options

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