A restructuring of its American subsidiary has been announced by Aruze Gaming.
Its Aruze Gaming America company, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, has lost for "personal reasons" its president, Richard Pennington, whom also handled the roles of chief administration and financial officer after seven years. He will remain as vice chairman and senior advisor to the CFO and CEO.
Eric Persson has taken over as president and chief operating officer and Yugo Kinoshita, the current COO, will concentrate on finance, accounting, treasury and strategic planning as chief financial officer and chief strategic officer.
Robert Ziems, the chief legal officer, will continue in that role but will take on the added responsibility of corporate secretary and joins the board.
Aruze is a manufacturer of slots for the global market with affiliates in the US, Hong Kong, Australia, South Africa, Macau, the Philippines and Japan.
