Holland Casino has named veteran airline executive Petra de Ruiter its new CEO, to replace Erwin van Lambaart
Holland Casino has named ex-serviceman airline business executive director Petra de Ruiter its young CEO, to put back Erwin van Lambaart.
De Ruiter, who currently serves as Chief Operations Officer (COO) for Transavia – a low-priced airway based inward the Nederland – testament accept over from caravan Lambaart on 1 Sept inward a bold life history alteration for the 52-year-old Dutch people businesswoman.
She has worked in the airmanship sphere for almost her entire career. Since 1998, de Ruiter has held various roles at Transavia and its parent company, Air France-KLM.
Besides serving as the former airline’s COO, a billet she has tenanted since 2016, de Ruiter was antecedently Vice President for Cabin Operations. But now, de Ruiter is trading inward her wings for line roulette wheels.
While an airline business executive may seem same a unknown choice for the brag of a major land-based and online gaming operator, Willem Bröcker, Chairman of Holland Casino’s Supervisory Board, expressed his trust inward her abilities.
“Petra de Ruiter’s have and knowledge inward the specific compounding of guest go through and in operation(p) excellence are an fantabulous friction match for the mortal we were sounding for after the leaving of the previous CEO Erwin caravan Lambaart,” said Bröcker.
“With our 14 offices and now also online, we put to work in a extremely regulated sector and control inwards a coordination compound stakeholder field. Proven expertise is of great importance there.”
De Ruiter was likewise enthused almost her appointment, remarking: “In the coming point I seem forward to in person getting to experience many new colleagues from the branches and the online casino. After all, they are the face of our company.
“I am grateful to Transavia and all colleagues for the past tense years. At the same time, I am also rattling much sounding forrad to this new role and this outstanding challenge.”
Her fitting remains topic to approval. Van Lambaart, meanwhile, stepped land inward Apr to become General Director for Casinos Austria.