Callouts across ten categories for the gambling technology giant.
London, April 25 2019 –Playtech, the world’s leading omni-channel gaming company, has been shortlisted in five categories for the Women in Gaming (WiG) Diversity Awards, with Playtech content studio Quickspin scoring a further six nominations.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2019, the Women in Gaming Diversity Awards recognises and promotes gender diversity and wellbeing across the industry, honouring the contributions of both organisations and individuals, from senior figures to stars of the future.
Playtech team members are shortlisted in the Industry Achiever, Employee of the Year, Inspiration of the Year, Leader of the Year and Star of the Future categories, with colleagues from a range of business areas and locations receiving recognition for their hard work and innovation. Lauren Iannarone (Compliance – Industry Achiever), Olena Kostylova (Live Casino – Employee of the Year), Ilze Cubare (Live Casino – Inspiration of the Year), Karin Fuchs (Playtech BGT Sports – Leader of the Year) and Marta Āboltiņa (Live Casino – Star of the Future) are all hoping to build on Playtech’s success at the 2018 Awards.
Playtech enjoyed a double win last year, with Head of Tax, Kam Sanghera, triumphing in the Star of the Future category, and Lucy Owen, the company’s Head of Account Management and Commercial Director, being honoured with the Industry Pride award – the only award not open to direct nominations, but chosen from the finalists by the panel to recognise “one exceptional woman whose vision, innovative approach and success make her an outstanding role model”.
As a previous winner and an internal diversity champion at Playtech, Owen recognises the value and impact events such as the WiGs can have, commenting: ‘Everyone at Playtech is passionate about creating opportunities for our team members to grow, develop and reach their full potential. There is a perception that, in this industry, gender can be an issue when it comes to maximising that potential, and that’s something we’re 100% committed to tackling head-on.
“The Women in Gaming Diversity Awards of course honour the fantastic work of some of the leading figures in our industry, but they can do more than that; they can be a chance to inspire the leaders of tomorrow. The more opportunities there are for women to see positive role models being recognised for their achievements, the more we can do to eradicate preconceptions of the industry as gender-biased”.
Elsewhere in the wider Playtech group, Stockholm-based content studio Quickspin, acquired by Playtech in 2016, has received six nominations, including the prestigious Company of the Year and Best Place to Work awards. Emilie Zamponi (Gamification Sales – B2B Excellence), Sandra Lindberg (HR – Leader of the Year), Valeria Russo (Account Management – Star of the Future) and Tetyana Matvyeyeva (Market and Integrations – Young Leader of the Year) all receive individual nominations.
About Playtech
Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling and financial trading industries.
Playtech is the gambling industry’s leading technology company, delivering business intelligence-driven gambling software, services, content and platform technology across the industry’s most popular product verticals, including casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. It is the pioneer of omni-channel gambling technology through its integrated platform technology, Playtech ONE. Playtech ONE delivers data-driven marketing expertise, single wallet functionality, CRM and responsible gambling solutions across one single platform across product verticals and across retail and online.
Playtech partners with and invests in the leading brands in regulated and newly regulated markets to deliver its data-driven gambling technology across the retail and online value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B basis to the industry’s leading retail and online operators, land-based casino groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries. As of June 2018, through the acquisition of Snaitech, Playtech directly owns and operates the leading sports betting and gaming brand in online and retail in Italy, Snai. Snaitech operates a B2B2C model as a service provider, allowing franchisees to utilise the Playtech technology stack in in the retail environment while operating the leading brand, Snai, directly online as a B2C business.
Playtech’s Financials Division, named TradeTech Group, is a technology leader in the CFD and financial trading industry and operates both on a B2C and B2B basis.
Playtech has in total c.5,800 employees across 17 countries and is headquartered in the Isle of Man.
