Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), based in Malta, has named Ryan Collinge as senior vice president for business development for platform and sportsbook, the company announced in a press statement February 2.
Collinge is formerly a director of Blueprint Gaming and the Gauselmann Group. In a statement, the company said he will help the company “strengthen its commercial expertise and expand the reach of its revolutionary new X-Suite of products.”
Collinge has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, the last seven in delivering multimillion-dollar contracts in retail and online for both firms.
“As a customer relations expert, Ryan has personally spearheaded numerous high-profile contracts that have fueled revenue growth in both new and mature regulated markets,” GiG stated. “His reputation gained prominence after he helped initiate an MBO of Playnation with Palatine PE, before exiting the investment to Austrian strategic buyer Novomatic in 2015.”
Collinge will play a key role in GiG’s strategic commercial initiatives, “expanding global footprint” and “fostering sustained growth,” said the company.
Collinge said that joining GiG at this time “was too exciting an opportunity to pass up, given the enormous potential of the business. I have been highly impressed with the new X-Suite of products and the plans that the executive team have in place for the future.” He said he looks ahead “full of ambition and anticipation for what we can achieve together.”
