{"id":34246,"date":"2018-02-01T11:07:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T11:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=34246"},"modified":"2018-02-01T10:09:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T10:09:39","slug":"daniel-eskola-named-ceo-of-relax-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/daniel-eskola-named-ceo-of-relax-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Eskola Named CEO Of Relax Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Co-founder and current CEO Patrik \u00d6ster\u00e5ker takes Chairman of the Board role<\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29590\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/relax-gaming.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"116\" \/>Relax Gaming has announced the appointment of Daniel Eskola as its new Chief Executive Officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">He joins from Kindred Group, where he currently holds the position of Chief Product Officer, in a move that sees Relax\u2019s co-founder and current CEO Patrik \u00d6ster\u00e5ker become Chairman of the Board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Eskola, who will take up his new post on April 1<sup>st<\/sup>, brings a wealth of industry knowledge to the role, with 13 years of B2B and B2C experience across casino, sports betting, poker, and bingo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Welcoming him to Relax, Patrik \u00d6ster\u00e5ker said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted that Daniel has agreed to become our CEO and we look forward to harnessing his product, commercial, and operational expertise to take the company to a new level. Daniel shares our company values and vision and I\u2019m certain he will be an excellent fit in the team. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cFor myself and the company the appointment of a new CEO represents a natural and welcome transition after eight years at the helm. During that time, Relax has built a solid foundation that is now ripe for exponential scaling, and I \u2018m excited to leave this responsibility in the hands of our prominent Executive Management team with Daniel as captain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cPersonally, I\u2019m looking forward to my new role which will allow me the freedom to further strengthen our competitiveness through strategic internal and external initiatives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Daniel Eskola said: \u201cI have followed Relax Gaming closely since its inception. I\u2019m incredibly excited to be joining a fantastic team and at being part of the exciting journey in the upcoming years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cI\u2019m very confident that we can leverage their market-leading tech platform across casino, poker, and bingo in order to benefit the company and all its partners.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Eskola\u2019s appointment follows the recent arrival of former NetEnt CPO Simon Hammon and Head of Account Management Andrew Crosby, as the supplier bolstered its product and commercial teams.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-founder and current CEO Patrik \u00d6ster\u00e5ker takes Chairman of the Board role Relax Gaming has announced the appointment of Daniel Eskola as its new Chief Executive Officer. \u00a0 He joins from Kindred Group, where he currently holds the position of Chief Product Officer, in a move that sees Relax\u2019s co-founder and current CEO Patrik \u00d6ster\u00e5ker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-igaming","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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