Nektan hands COO roles to Ryan and Byrne

Nektan has appointed Michael Byrne as its new chief operating officer for its B2B division and named Jane Ryan in the same role for its white label business. Byrne joins from Microgaming, where he served as regional business manager and played a role in setting up a new Malta hub for the firm’s gaming platform Quickfire. Earlier in his career, Byrne was chief commercial officer and senior director at IGT for its interactive division, and also had a four-year spell leading William Hill’s mobile division. Ryan’s appointment represents an internal promotion, having successfully led Nektan’s launch in Asia through a global platform agreement with Tyche Digital for its Evolve Lite gaming platform. The link-up established Nektan as one of the only igaming platform providers to have presence in Europe, the US and Asia. Gary Shaw, chief executive at Nektan said: “We’re thrilled to announce our latest senior appointments; they are two highly capable individuals who will no doubt apply their wealth of industry experience and commercial acumen to grow our B2B and white label businesses. “Jane has performed exceptionally well for Nektan, helping to drive our global B2B operations forward, while Michael will bring a fresh perspective to white label with his industry experience in senior roles.” Related article: Nektan boosted by revenue growth in Q3