Andrew Vouris, recently appointed chief executive of Entain’s Australasian arm, says the wagering giant remains committed to Australia and New Zealand and is determined to “win”, albeit with a different playbook.
Andrew Vouris doesn’t hide the fact that he is different from the man who previously sat in his seat as Entain’s Australia and New Zealand chief executive.
Dean Shannon, who departed the wagering business in June after six years, is an entrepreneur and marketer who successfully rode the wagering boom in Australia to become one of the most significant figures in corporate bookmaking.
When Vouris came into the role, initially on an interim basis and then permanently from late August, he was viewed in the broader industry as the compliance guy at a company facing a major regulatory challenge.
He had steered Tabcorp amid a similar storm to the one Entain faces with AUSTRAC and has built a reputation as a steady hand.
But while he is a different personality from Shannon, to characterise Vouris as being someone who would only ensure Entain dots its i’s and crosses its t’s would be unfair. He has parlayed a successful career in accountancy into a 10-year spell at the heart of Tabcorp, then into a key operational role with a gaming and esports startup unikrn.
Vouris has the commercial chops and the ambition to continue to steer Entain, which at last count holds around 17 per cent of Australia’s digital wagering market, back to growth.
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