GVC CTO departs following platform migration
Keith Laidlaw, one of two CTOs at the firm, left last week after all GVC brands were moved onto the bwin platform
GVC’s chief technology officer (CTO), Keith Laidlaw, has departed after six-and-a-half years at the company, EGR Intel can reveal.
Laidlaw was one of two CTOs at the firm following the bwin.party deal in 2016, with Laidlaw responsible for the legacy MM1 platform (the old GVC platform) and Sandeep Tiku responsible for the bwin.party platform that the GVC brands have now been moved onto.
Laidlaw departed in the middle of last week, having overseen the technology migration onto the bwin platform.
He posted on LinkedIn: “Well that’s it, I am gone after 6.5 years – no longer at GVC.
“[It was] a great ‘wee’ company that had a market cap of £70m when I joined and is now worth £2.8bn and a FTSE 250 company. After the LCL acquisition goes through they will be worth £6+bn and a FTSE 100 firm. I enjoyed my time at GVC I’m now learning all about my new yacht and sailing for the next few months.”
GVC confirmed the departure and said Sandeep Tiku would be continuing at the firm as sole CTO.
The news comes amid a busy period for GVC with the firm yesterday announcing a €41.3m deal for a majority stake in Georgia-facing firm Crystalbet.
Last week the operator also revamped its bonus mechanics across its suite of B2C brands in an effort to ensure regulatory compliance.