Former PokerStars marketing director Vadim Soloveychik has joined esports betting start up Luckbox as chief marketing officer.

Soloveychik, 42, worked at PokerStars for eight years until 2017 and has been helping Luckbox in an advisory role since January.

He has now agreed to join the company on a permanent basis as CMO.

Soloveychik, based in London, said: “I’ve been working closely with the team for the past few months and have seen the product taking shape and I’m really excited about the potential of Luckbox.