Nicola Fitton appointed as GIG’s new COO
Fitton is looking forward to taking on the new COO role, further developing GiG, and rolling out its key strategic plans for 2022
Gaming Innovation Group is pleased to announce the elevation of Nicola Fitton to COO, with the goal of strengthening operational effectiveness, streamlining procedures, and improving platform delivery efficiency as a major objective.
Nicola joined GiG in the role of director of managed services in 2019, where she was in charge of the operations, CRM, and media managed services teams.
She has more than 15 years of expertise in the gaming industry’s commercial sector, including casinos, sports, and poker, in both the B2C and B2B sectors, and has led multiple tier 1 international companies, including Betsafe.
Ben Clemes, CCO and MD of Platform at GiG, said, “I am very happy to announce the promotion of Nicola to COO. Nicola has been with GiG for over two and a half years and within that time has played a key role in GiG’s success and growth of our partners. This promotion demonstrates the continued maturity of the Platform unit at GiG, and focus on the onboarding and continued delivery to our partners both new and existing. I wish Nicola all the success in her role of COO.”
Nicola Fitton, Chief Operating Officer, said, “I’ve been incredibly lucky to work with some great people here at GiG for the last 2 and half years and build our successful Managed Services vertical. I’m now looking forward to taking on the new COO role and further developing GiG and rolling out our key strategic plans for 2022.”
The appointment, according to GIG, is part of a larger strategic effort to improve the company’s entire business procedures. This will also involve a number of internal department changes, which will be revealed in the coming weeks, as well as the director of managed services, director of operations, and director of delivery positions.
SiGMA Africa up next:
During the span of a very exciting and surprisingly sunny November week, SiGMA Group managed to organise four separate conferences with 13,500 delegates drawn from across the world. Up next is SiGMA Africa. With three major shows in the works, the events are designed to enhance Africa’s high-growth gaming industry. SiGMA Africa unites the leading minds in this sector for a discussion on regulatory frameworks, economic development, and the creation of new opportunities for businesses looking to invest across the continent. With a record for attracting an audience from over 80 countries, SiGMA has the potential to set the stage with a global guest list of some of the best operators, suppliers, affiliates, regulators, and thought leaders in the gaming sector – bringing high-end innovation to the African gambling industry and driving sustainable growth throughout its nations.
