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THE BIG INTERVIEW


The Big Interview: Zane Mersich, NOVOMATIC UK


Casino International sat down with NOVOMATIC UK CEO Zane Mersich to ask about the company’s growth as the UK sector looks toward an uncertain post-Brexit landscape


N Zane?


Zane Mersich: I’ve been in the industry for a decade, almost. I previously worked in several different industries, including packaging. I worked for a Dutch company, a Finnish company, and then joined the board of a large ex-UK firm based in South Africa before joining NOVOMATIC.


CI: You’re from South Africa, and 44 years old…


You must have been leaving college or wherever when Apartheid was ending, and witnessed unique cultural changes in the country. Did that have any kind of influence on you? ZM: Yes, possibly. It’s hard to say because you don’t


know what to compare it to. We were brought up to be generalists in South Africa as opposed to specialists; my family were entrepreneurs, my father worked as a nuclear research engineer, but ultimately became an entrepreneur himself. You made things happen, that was the culture.


58 MAY 2017


CI: You were appointed CEO of NOVOMATIC UK in early 2016… ZM: I was working in Austria in 2007/08 for


NOVOMATIC, learning about the industry – I had no prior experience of gaming, so needed some time to


OVOMATIC UK’s growth has been dramatic, and not just in casinos. With a series of canny acquisitions, the company is now an entirely different animal. Underpinned by its business as a UK


AGC/FEC operator, NOVOMATIC UK is now working toward organic growth after an acquisitive phase. Zane Mersich, NOVOMATIC UK CEO, spoke to


Casino International about how he arrived at the company, what they have been up to and where they might be heading…


Casino International: What’s your background,


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