Social casino company Akamon Entertaiment has appointed Alex Cohen as chief product officer and has opened a third studio in Israel, in addition to its offices in Barcelona and Valencia.

Alex Cohen

Cohen (pictured) reports to Akamon CEO Vicenç Martí and has responsibility for optimising the company´s portfolio of 40 games as well as overseeing new game development with a focus on mobile.

Cohen, formerly of Quickspin and IGT, said: “Joining Akamon, with its unparalleled geographical footprint in Latin America and already large customer base, is an exciting new challenge given the tremendous growth in these markets.”

In addition to Cohen´s appointment, Akamon Israel - a new studio of 10 game designers and developers - has opened in Tel Aviv after the company agreed to buy a 25 per cent stake in the Xpinator studio, with an option to acquire 100 per cent of the studio.

Akamon Israel will be headed by Zvika Alon, another industry veteran and former CTO and head of product at 888.com. Alon said the Xpinator team “is proud to be joining the Akamon family.”