Las Vegas-based Everi Holdings Inc., which provides gaming products and payment solutions to the casino industry, has appointed Harper Ko executive vice president and chief legal officer – general counsel.
She will be responsible for the company’s legal and regulatory compliance. Ko is a veteran of 17 years of corporate and regulatory compliance in the industry. Her most recent position was a deputy general counsel, gaming for Scientific Games Corporation—a position she held from 2014-2017.
Everi CEO and President Michael Rumbolz, said, “Harper brings to our executive team a deep knowledge and expertise of the gaming industry’s unique regulatory and compliance issues as well as a significant track record of success in helping to foster commercial relationships with customers and vendors. Harper possesses the ideal skill set to help Everi shape strategies to address the industry’s complex legal and regulatory environment. We are pleased to have attracted a general counsel with Harper’s level of expertise, experience and accomplishments and we look forward to the benefit of her counsel and contributions.”
Ko has a Juris Doctor degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a B.S. in Psychology as a Natural Science from the University of Michigan.