Elys Game Technology, Corp. Announces the Appointment of Matteo Monteverdi as Chief Executive Officer, Effective January 1, 2021
November 25, 2020 at 02:09 pm
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Elys Game Technology, Corp. announced the appointment of Matteo Monteverdi as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2021. Mr. Monteverdi served as an independent strategic advisor to the Company since March 2020, and in September 2020 was appointed President. Michele Ciavarella will continue in his current role as Executive Chairman of the Company. Matteo has been leading world-class B2B and B2C teams in the technology and digital industry for over 20 years between Silicon Valley and Boston. He spent the last decade of his career at the intersection of social gaming, digital betting, i-gaming and media working for international organizations in high growth segments. Prior to joining Elys, Mr. Monteverdi served as the US President of Sportradar, a global leader in real-time sports data and analytics, where he led the strategic direction of the company in the newly regulated US betting market. He was a key contributor in signing exclusive distribution deals with the NBA, NFL and MLB while turning around the company’s US media products and business. From 2015 to 2018, he served as SVP Global Digital Products for International Gaming Technology, where he led the real money and social gaming global businesses. Mr. Monteverdi played a pivotal role in the $6 billion acquisition of IGT by GTECH by integrating and accelerating the combined digital businesses, positioning the new organization as the prime digital gaming B2B player in US.
Elys BMG Group, Inc. is a global gaming technology company. The Company offers betting platform, which is capable of processing any type of digital game content. The Company offers its clients a full suite of omnichannel leisure gaming products and services, such as online sports betting, e-sports, virtual sports, online casino, poker, bingo, interactive games, and online slots on a business-to-business (B2B) basis in Italy and has B2B operations in three states as well as the District of Columbia in the United States market. The Company provides sports betting software, online casino software, services for commercial and tribal casinos, retail betting establishments, and franchise distribution networks. It offers fully integrated end-to-end sportsbook solution for both B2B and business-to-consumer (B2C) leisure gaming operators. It also offers virtual betting experiences that creates and manages multiple level commercial networks from one dashboard.