Directorate Change

RNS Number : 1918G

Playtech Limited

20 October 2008

 



Playtech Ltd ('the Company')

Directorate Change

Playtech today announces that Guy Emodi, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company to pursue other business interests.  With immediate effect Executive Director Shuki Barak, 39, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer, a position he has previously held.  Mr Emodi will continue to be employed by Playtech to ensure an orderly handover and expects to leave the Company at a date amenable to himself and Playtech. The Company is currently in the process of recruiting a permanent Chief Financial Officer and an appointment will be announced in due course.  
 
Roger Withers, Chairman, said: 'Guy has played an important part in Playtech's recent growth. The Board will be sorry to see him leave and we wish him well for the future.'

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Roger Withers
c/o Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial                           Tel: [phone]    
www.playtech.com


David Rydell / Chris Hamilton / Antonia Coad
Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial                                 Tel. [phone] 


About Playtech

Playtech develops unified software platforms for the online and land based gambling industry, primarily targeting existing online operators wanting to upgrade their system; sportsbooks looking to diversify and land-based operators making their online debut. Playtech gaming applications - online casino, poker, bingo, mobile gaming, live gaming, land-based kiosk networks and fixed-odds games - are fully inter-compatible and can be freely incorporated as stand-alone applications, accessed and funded by players through the same user account and managed by the operator by means of a single powerful management interface. Founded in 1999, Playtech has over 750 personnel distributed globally, around seventy five percent of whom are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.

Website: www.playtech.com

 

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