Gamesys Restructuring – Noel Hayden Replaced by Lee Fenton

Gamesys company’s founder and former CEO Noel Hayden has steps back and his place will be taken by the company’s COO Lee Fenton. This was announced at the staff member meeting last week. After the £425.8m acquisition of the company by the Canadian group Intertain just a few months ago, this is the second step towards the restructure of the gaming company. Noel Hayden will become Executive Chairman of the company.

Hayden is the founder of the company and he’s been serving as a CEO of the Gamesys Group since its creation in 2001. However, after the changes, Hayden will still play a leading role and will have the final call when it comes to preparing new product lines and taking company management decisions.

During his career as a CEO of Gamesys, Hayden marked some quite successful achievements, including the creation of the first real-money gambling app on Facebook in 2012. The company managed to acquire Virgin Games in a multi-million deal in 2013. Gamesys runs some of the most popular bingo sites in the UK and is a home to established brands, such as JackpotJoy and Sun Bingo. Barbara Windsor’s been the face of JackpotJoy since 2010 and they’ve created some of the most successful TV ads together. Gamesys is a multiple award-winner gaming company, utilizing their proprietary software platform.

Lee Fenton, who will take the CEO role has been with the company since 2008. He joined the team as a chief operating officer since he’s quite experienced in the field. He was previously working as a a manager of the mobile division of 20th Century Fox and he previously held the position of Global Director of Consumer Products and Content of Vodafone Group. The changes have been confirmed during the management meeting in June.