Bateson has served as chief commercial officer of Intralot Inc since joining the business in April 2023. In the new role he will report directly to Intralot group CEO Nikolaos Nikolakopoulos, as confirmed by the group yesterday (19 December).
An experienced industry professional, Bateson has worked across a range of board and C-Suite roles in the B2C and B2B lottery sectors. This includes positions in the North America as well as the UK and Europe.
Prior to joining Intralot, Bateson worked for Jumbo Interactive, serving as an international advisor and chief commercial officer. He also spent two and a half years at Camelot, with spells as commercial director and senior vice president international.
Bateson also had an earlier, lengthier spell with former UK lottery operator Camelot where he worked across a range of roles. These included marketing director and head of scratchcards. Sandwiched between these was a near-five-year stint as commercial director and senior vice president of sales and marketing at Camelot Global.
Aside from working at Intralot, Bateson has in recent years worked across consultancy and advisory roles. This includes as a consultant for Camelot UK Lotteries since January 2020 and a lottery advisor to Teneo since August 2020.
Intralot also welcomes new accounting director
Eksewhere, Intralot has appointed Georgios Xanthos as its new tax and accounting director.
Xanthos will assume his new role with effect from 1 January 2025. He has been working as consolidation accounting director at Intralot since November 2021.
Tricky 2024 for Intralot as Argentina currency woes continue
The double appointment comes in the wake of Intralot this month publishing its nine-month results for 2024.
As was the case in H1 and Q1, the period was impacted by economic issues in Argentina. Economic reforms in the country in late 2023 hit the exchange rate and affected Intralot’s overall performance in 2024.
As such, total revenue in the nine months hit €263.5 million (£218.2 million/$276.8 million). This falls 5.9% short of €280 million during the same nine months last year.
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