Light & Wonder has confirmed Simon Johnson as the new CEO of the Company’s igaming business.

Johnson has been with Light & Wonder since 2017, and has been at the heart of driving the international commercial efforts of the Gaming business.

He transitions from his previous role as Senior Vice President and International Managing Director, as he continues to be at the forefront of Light & Wonder’s igaming evolution.

As part of his new role, Johnson will report directly into Light & Wonder President and CEO Matt Wilson and join the Company’s Executive Leadership Team.

Before joining Light & Wonder, Johnson worked across a range of businesses and industries. He started out in Investment Banking, where he specialised in mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions. Simon has held leadership roles in Private Equity, Telecommunications, and Financial Technology businesses in operations that ranged from startups to FTSE100/Fortune 500 multinational companies.

Light & Wonder continues to fuel growth through its third-party content offering having recently secured a strategic partnership with Bragg Gaming Group.

That collaboration meant that Bragg’s collection of in-house and subsidiary studio content will become available on Light & Wonder’s aggregation offering. This will see slot titles from Bragg studios such as Atomic Slot Lab, Indigo Magic, Wild Streak Gaming and Spin Games integrated onto Light & Wonder’s online ecosystem.

Matevž Mazij, CEO at Bragg Gaming Group, praised Light & Wonder, describing the firm as “a world-leading platform and games” adding that the group can see “huge benefits” from the partnership.