Top Changes at Playtech Licensee – September 18th, 2009

Olympic Entertainment Group, the Talinn-based land casino operator that recently signed up for online gambling software from Playtech  has announced changes of top personnel.

Indrek Jurgenson has been appointed as the group’s new chief executive officer, and Kristi Ojakaar has been hired as a member of its management board responsible for financial matters and investor relationships, replacing Andri Avila, who will continue with the firm’s supervisory board.

A company spokesman said that starting October, Jurgenson will begin overseeing the firm’s general management alongside the implementation of development projects such as OEG’s new online offering, due for launch in Q4 this year which is scheduled to launch before the end of the year.

OEG also announced that Tarmo Kase, CEO for subsidiary company Olympic Casino Eesti AS, and Andrus Koha, Director for FE Olympic Casino Bel, would leave the firm in October once their contracts have been completed. Meelis Pielberg – the current Development Director at Olympic Casino Eesti AS is to replace Kase, and Saulius Petravicius, Director for Lithuanian subsidiary UAB Olympic Casino Group Baltija, will take over from Koha at Bulgaria’s FE Olympic Casino Bel.