Intralot has announced the appointment of Fernando Ors Villarejo as its new President of Sports Betting.

Founder of Savia Consulting, Fernando is a former member of the Chairman’s Office and CDO at multi-national sports betting and gaming corporation Codere Group.

Fernando brings with him over twenty years’ experience in international development and over fifteen years in digital businesses.

Intralot CEO Antonios Kerastaris said: "In the new era of sports betting in the US, Fernando will be our key person for opening up this immense new opportunity for Intralot, with end-to-end responsibility on the sports betting product and operations in the US.

"We intend to dedicate considerable amount of effort and resources to turn this opportunity into a great success for the company."