Reports: Codere names new CEO as founding family exits

Spanish gaming giant Codere reportedly has a new CEO as the family that founded the company loses the struggle with its hedge fund rescuers.

The past few days have brought reports that Codere is preparing to name Vicente di Loreto as its new global CEO. Di Loreto (pictured), who served as Codere’s Latin American boss until 2011, when he branched out on his own to launch Latin American gaming consultancy G3M Partners, will reportedly confirm his Codere return on January 12.

That same date will reportedly also bring official word that José Antonio Martínez Sampedro and Luis Javier Martínez Sampedro will abdicate their respective roles as chairman and vice-chairman of Codere’s board of directors.

The Martínez Sampedro family founded Codere in 1980 but was forced to cede majority control of the company in 2014 after running up over one billion euros in debt, in part due to an aggressive Latin American expansion strategy.