SBC News Tobias Fagerlund ends Global Gaming CEO tenure

Tobias Fagerlund ends Global Gaming CEO tenure

Tobias Fagerlund, CEO of Global Gaming 555, has confirmed that he will step down from his position ‘with immediate effect’.

The resignation comes as the online gambling operator enters a ‘new phase’ which requires its leadership to operate from Estonia and Malta, where its operating units are located.

Fagerlund was appointed as the acting CEO of Global Gaming in April 2019, following the resignation of former incumbent Joacim Möller as the online gambling group was placed under investigation by Swedish regulator Spelinspektionen of ‘serious operating deficiencies’.

During his tenure, Fagerlund would lead a series of unsuccessful Swedish high court appeals against Spelinspektionen licence revocation of flagship brand Ninja Casino.

Global Gaming’s board confirmed that Fagerlund will remain ‘at the disposal of the board and the company’.

Niklas Braathen, Chairman of the Board of Global Gaming, commented: “It is my opinion that Tobias during his time as CEO led Global Gaming in a very meritorious way. Tobias has implemented a large package of restructuring measures and shown evidence of a strong and clear leadership that was absolutely necessary for the company. Tobias has, with great success, laid a good foundation for Global Gaming’s future operations.

“Now, however, the company is facing a new phase and we have identified a number of measures necessary to further strengthen the company’s position. The CEO has worked from Stockholm, where he has been the company’s only employee, and there is a need for leadership to operate where our operating units are allocated, in Estonia and Malta.

“On behalf of the board and the company, I would like to thank Tobias for his work, and would like to point out that during the time I have been chairman of the board, we have had a very good collaboration and that I look forward to continuing in various forms.”

Christian Rasmussen will take the reins as the company’s new Acting CEO, with his appointment effective immediately. Rasmussen is expected to handle the position ‘on a consultative basis’.

Global Gaming outlined its intention to initiate a recruitment process with the aim of seeking a new CEO.

Earlier today, Entertainment Laboratories made its mandatory public offer to secure the remaining shares in Global Gaming, after previously taking its holding in the firm to 27,266,114 shares which corresponds to 66.70 per cent stake.

The offer value for the remaining 13,611,386 shares in global gaming is SEK 11 apiece, or SEK 149.72m (£13.18m), and therefore values all shares in the company at approximately SEK 450m (£39.63m).

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