Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GIG) has recruited Mr. Mikael Ångman as the new Chief Operating Officer(COO) of the company effective from 1 September. Furthermore, Ms. Katja Laaksonen has been appointed as Managing Director of Guts.Com.

The management recruitments are a result of an ambition to strengthen and support GIG’s organizational and operational development. Following a period of strong growth in all segments, GIG has initiated a process of establishing Group executive management, which will be responsible for the individual managements within the groups three business areas; Gaming, Digital marketing and Cloud Services.

Mikael Ångman is currently the CEO and Chairman of Mobile Sports betting technology provider, Mobenga, which he joined as COO in 2011. Mobenga is a fully owned Playtech subsidiary. He has leadership experience from previous employments of toy producer BRIO AB, mobile living company Dometic and electronics manufacturer Electrolux.

Katja Laaksonen is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of Guts having joined the company in 2014. Previous to her role with Guts, Ms. Laaksonen was serving as Director of CRM at Betsson Group, following her role as Director of Digital Marketing and CRM with Nokia. Katja Laaksonen will take on the responsibility as Managing Director of Guts.com with immediate effect.