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KEY MANAGEMENT


» THOMAS HALL - Executive Vice Chairman and CEO

Tom is one of the Groups co-founders and former Chairman. He has had considerable dealings with gambling operators in both the traditional land-based environment and the online sector.

Tom is a former chief executive officer and currently business development director of Playtech Limited (AIM:PTEC). Since becoming business development director of Playtech, Tom has been responsible for overseeing their global customer growth and the development of customised software solutions for the Asian marketplace. Tom also sits as a non-executive director of a number of gambling and technology companies. Tom Hall is a regular key-note speaker at gambling conferences and investor forums around the world.

From 1995 until he joined the Company in 2002, Tom was Chief Executive Officer of TTR Strategic Holdings Limited (TTR), an Asia Pacific focused financial services group, and subsequently chief executive officer of its data processing associate, NAV Limited. Prior to that, he worked in Swiss private banking and private client financial services in the UK and Hong Kong.

In 2008, Tom assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer of the company with day to day responsibility for the Group’s activities and expansion.




» CHRISTOPHER PARKER – Director and Co-Founder, Asian Poker Tour CEO

Chris was a co-founder of the Group and joined the business in 2005 as Chief Executive Officer, where he has overseen the rapid expansion of the Groups business activities and profitability. Prior to joining the Group, Chris served in the British Army and worked in the British civil service.

In 1994, he left government service and joined the Tresidder Tuohy Group of Hong Kong. By 1999, Chris was appointed chief executive officer of the group, which quickly became one of the leading investment advisory firms in the Region.

Under his leadership, the company grew to handling over US$300 million of funds under management and a further US$1.5 billion funds under administration.

In 2008, Chris relinquished his post with the Company and moved over to the Asian Poker Tour to be its CEO. Chris will focus on growing the APT poker brand which is seen as a key business sector by the Company. He remains a Director of the Company.




» CHI KAN TANG - Global Business Development Director and Co-Founder

Kan is a Hong Kong born, Canadian-educated accountant with extensive experience in the online gambling sector and live casino video streaming. Kan joined the Group in 2003 and was one of the three founder shareholders in the business. Initially he was responsible for the financial and operational structuring of the Group and oversaw the financial control, business appraisal and system development.

More recently, he acted as interim chief financial officer of CY Foundation Group Limited, immediately prior to the Groups successful Hong Kong main board re-listing and US$130m fund raising. He returned to the Company after 6 months and resumed his Board responsibilities as Global Business Development Director. The early part of his career was spent predominantly in the audit divisions of Arthur Andersen and KPMG in Canada. In 2001, he moved into online gaming working with the operators of the Stanley Ho franchise (DrHo888) who were pioneers of the online live video stream casino gaming concept.

During this period he helped establish many of the operational and reporting live videostream standards that govern this form of gaming today. As well as a qualified Chartered Accountant, Kan is a qualified CFA.





» ROBERT EVANS - Chief Operating Officer

Rob has been in Asia since the 1980s where he has had extensive experience in the advertising world as a finance director. Rob joined the Group in early 2007 to become its Chief Operating Officer. Rob originates from New Zealand and has a strong finance and systems background. His current responsibilities at the Company encompass business development, strategic planning and the implementation of policies, procedures and controls that ensure operations and growth are managed to meet the Groups corporate and commercial objectives.

Rob first worked as an accountant for Newland Motors, a subsidiary of Ford Motors, before entering the world of advertising when he joined Adventure Advertising from 1985 to 1989 as its accountant and company secretary. In 1989, he moved to Tokyo and joined Leo Burnett Kyodo Co. Ltd. as its assistant finance director, where he stayed until 1998. After a brief stint as a consultant for Leo Burnett Asia Pacific, he relocated to Singapore where he was employed by Leo Burnett as finance director of its three business units in Singapore Leo Burnett, Starcom and Arc Worldwide.





» GARY UNDERWOOD - Chief Financial Officer

Gary joined the the Group as Chief Financial Officer in July 2006. He started his career as an audit manager with Pannell Kerr Forster in Nottingham.

In 1994, he moved to Hong Kong and joined Ernst & Young as a senior manager in their Private Business Group. In 1996 he joined KPMG, where he became Country director of their offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. After KPMG, he returned to Hong Kong in 1998 as the chief operating officer of BSC Limited, a beauty, health and spa group of companies. He then worked as the strategic planning and business development director of Lark International Limited, a private group of companies with operations in cinema exhibition, film distribution and production, ticketing, garments, restaurants and property.

His most recent posting prior to joining the Group was in Malaysia as the finance director and company secretary of Leo Burnett Advertising Sdn Bhd. Gary is a Chartered Accountant and he has a Business Studies degree from the Nottingham Trent University in the UK.






» ITAMAR SHAMSHINS - Chief Technology Officer

Itamar is the Group's Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining the Company, he was the Technologies Division Manager of Extreme Technologies Ltd., and was responsible for providing software and integration services for many corporations.

He also has extensive experience in managing software development and web-based assets for one of the largest internet service provider and telecommunications companies in Israel.

Itamar holds a degree in Computer Science and is also highly experienced in systems engineering. He was a regular lecturer at colleges in Israel.






» NICHOLAS CHAPPELL - Chief Compliance Officer

Nick joined the Group as Operations Officer in early 2004 and was promoted to his current position in 2006. Nick oversees the Company's procedural and regulatory compliance with various gambling and licensing jurisdictions where the Group maintains licences in addition to overseeing the sourcing, development and quality control of gambling machinery built in Asia.

Nick is a qualified ISO 9000 Lead Assessor with an engineering background. He started his career as a Geotechnical Engineer in 1993, subsequently becoming quality assurance manager with engineering company Montgomery Watson, based in Hong Kong and China. Prior to joining the Group, Nick worked as a quality assurance manager on the Shell/Sinopec multi-billion dollar petrochemical plant joint venture in Nanhai, China.






» JEFF MANN - Marketing Director

During his career Jeff has been associated with many of the leading companies in the consumer, insurance, pharmaceutical, banking and finance industries, having worked as a marketing and public relations professional in the Region for over 30 years.

Jeff joined the Group as its Marketing Director in 2007. In 1979, Jeff established and chaired the JMA Group, headquartered in Hong Kong, which within ten years became the largest independent marketing services group in Asia, with additional offices in Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea and the Philippines.

The JMA Group comprised a group of businesses involved in public relations, advertising, graphic design and production, promotions and event management.






» ALEX DONG - Business Development Director - Asia Pacific

Alex joined the Group in 2004 directly from Griffith University, Australia. With a background and keen interest in IT, Alex played an important role in the customisation of Playtechs gaming products for the Group and the Asian marketplace.

Alex was promoted to his current position at the end of 2005 and manages key client relationships and new business development for the Groups Asian focused casinos and P2P products.



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