Former International Game Technology PLC (IGT) commercial director Leigh Nissim will soon call the shots in gaming content provider Nektan PLC following his appointment as the new chief executive officer of the publicly listed company.

Nissim, who was previously in charge of IGT’s growth of real money gaming across different channels and a number of regulated markets in Europe and North America, will be replacing Nektan founder and current chief executive Gary Shaw.

Nissim is set to be introduced to Nektan and its employees early in June, before finally taking over the company’s helm by late July, the company said in a disclosure to the London Stock Exchange last May 18.

Jim Wilkinson, chairman of Nektan PLC, said they will be relying on Nissim’s digital and gaming pedigree, as well as the former IGT executive’s financial background, in bringing more revenue growth to the company.