Hans van Slooten named new Director of Operations for Holland Casino
The current Director of Operations Noël Leise will stay at the company over the coming months for various projects.
Holland Casino has appointed a new Director of Operations, with Hans van Slooten taking up the position from Noël Leise.
Van Slooten has been with Holland Casino for three years as Regional Casino Manager in the North-East region and prior to that worked for a variety of companies including KLM, Sligro and FrieslandCampina.
As mentioned, Van Slooten will be taking over the role from Leise, who has been with Holland Casino for 39 years, starting as a Croupier. During his time, he has also been a Casino Manager of various locations, Regional Director and Chief Operations Officer, while also being Director of Operations, and Regional Casino Manager of the South-East region.
Leise will remain with the company until 1 July 2025 for various strategic projects, while Van Slooten will start his Director of Operations role on 1 October of this year.
Holland Casino CEO Petra de Ruiter said: “With Hans, we have found a worthy internal successor to Noël as director of operations. Hans has a lot of experience both inside and outside Holland Casino. His strength is that he is close to the people, both our guests and our employees.
“In addition, I am extremely grateful to Noël for his years of dedication and commitment to Holland Casino.”
Van Slooten commented: “It is a great honor to succeed Noël. I have great respect for his wonderful career, his commitment and inexhaustible drive for our beautiful company.
“Although it will not always be easy to follow in his footsteps, I will take on my responsibilities with and for the operation with dedication. I look forward to meeting more colleagues in the branches and at the head office from October.”
Leise added: “When you have worked for a great company like ours for almost 40 years, it is difficult to choose the right moment to pass the baton. After all, Holland Casino is such a part of my life that it cannot help but hurt a little.
“I am happy that I can still be meaningful for the future of our company in a different way in the coming period. I have every confidence that Hans will fill the role of Director of Operations very well in his own way and I wish him every success with that.”
In other appointment news, Metropolitan Gaming has announced that Mark Hands is taking up the role of Director of Food, Beverage & Hospitality in what is a newly created role for the company.
Back in June 2022, Leise spoke to Gambling Insider about his time so far at Holland Casino.
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