Group have today confirmed the promotion of Fabio Celadon to Senior Vice President of Gaming Portfolios.

In his new executive post, Celadon will lead IGT Gaming in five key areas: innovation, R&D, planning, corporate strategy and delivery.

He previously served as the company's Managing Director of China and Asian business lead for IGT International, with senior responsibility for IGT's strategic development in Greater China, India, and Japan.

His new role will see him report directly to IGT's CEO Marco Sala, who commented: “Fabio brings more than 15 years of global gaming experience and expertise working in various management capacities at IGT and its legacy companies.

“His operational experience, coupled with his global perspective and in-depth knowledge of the gaming industry having overseen the Strategy, Competitive Intelligence, and Mergers & Acquisitions organisations for the company, makes him ideally suited to lead the Gaming Portfolio group for IGT.”