The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers announced the result of its officer elections, headed by the start of a two-year term as by Luke Orchard, senior vice president and chief compliance and risk officer for IGT, as president of the trade organization representing gaming suppliers.
Orchard replaces Tom Nieman, marketing VP for JCM Global, as the organization’s president. Nieman will begin a one-year term as treasurer.
Other one-year terms resulting from the AGEM officer’s election include:
- Vice President Thomas Jingoli (Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, Konami Gaming)
- Vice President David Lucchese (Executive Vice President, Digital & Interactive Business Leader, Everi)
- Vice President Robert “Bob” Parente (Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer, Gaming, Scientific Games)
- Vice President Eric Fisher (President, Gaming, Crane Payment Innovations)
- Secretary Mark Dunn (Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
- Treasurer Tom Nieman (Vice President, Marketing, JCM Global)
- General Counsel Daron Dorsey (Senior Vice President and General Counsel – Americas, Ainsworth Game Technology)
AGEM is a nonprofit international trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of electronic gaming devices, lotteries, systems, table games, online technology, sports betting, key components and support products and services for the gaming industry.
The current AGEM membership roster, 167 companies strong based in 22 countries, is a who’s who of the supplier segment of the global gaming industry.