Award-winning provider makes key hire to secure its position as one of the industry’s top employers

Full-service betting and gaming platform provider Sportingtech has hired Claire Bailiss (pictured) as Chief People Officer (CPO) to increase employee engagement, promote a positive working culture and lead talent development.

Bailiss joins Sportingtech from American iGaming platform GAN, where she worked for more than seven years, most recently as Director of HR. She has previously worked at Ask. com as HR Business Partner and Turner Broadcasting System and EMI Group as HR Manager.

At Sportingtech, she will develop and implement the company’s human resources strategy and policies, lead a wider HR and talent acquisition team and foster a productive work environment that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Bailiss will also implement programmes to attract and retain top talent and manage professional development, compensation and benefits.

After a series of internal promotions, Sportingtech has now introduced the role of CPO to further enhance its positive working environment and boost employee satisfaction.

“I am delighted to officially welcome Claire as our new Chief People Officer,” the Chief Executive Officer for Sportingtech, Tom Ustunel, said. “Claire has been successfully building high-performing teams and fostering positive environments for more than two decades.

“Our brilliant team is our strongest asset and under Claire’s leadership we look forward to strengthening our position as one of the industry’s best employers.”

“People are at the heart of what makes Sportingtech so successful, which is why I am delighted to join this brilliant company as CPO,” Bailiss said. “I will look forward to working with new and existing members of the Sportingtech team as they share in the company’s achievements and build on its continued growth.”

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GAN, a leading North American B2B technology provider of real money internet gaming solutions and a leading International B2C operator of Internet sports betting, announced that the Company will hold its Special Meeting of Shareholders to vote on the proposed merger with a subsidiary of SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC., an affiliate of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS, INC. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at 10:00 AM Pacific Time and will be held in a virtual format via live audio webcast. The unique link to join the webcast will be provided to shareholders upon registering to attend the meeting.

Shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 2, 2024, and shareholders holding a legal proxy for the meeting, are eligible to vote at the meeting. Shareholders who are eligible to vote have been mailed a notice of special meeting, proxy statement, proxy card and instructions on how to vote their shares. Shareholders are encouraged to vote and submit proxies as early as possible in advance of the meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy statement.

Shareholders will find important information and detailed instructions about how to participate in the virtual meeting in the proxy statement that is available on the Company’s website, www.gan.com, within the Investors page.