The European Casino Association (ECA) has named Erwin van Lambaart as its new chairman after all of its members agreed.

 Van Lambaart takes over for Per Jaldung, who has been the organization's chairman for eight years.

 Van Lambaart, who has a lot of experience as an executive, was chosen CEO of Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries in March 2022. He has also been on the ECA board since 2021.

 Van Lambaart was previously the CEO of Holland Casinos for six years. Before that, he had a number of other high-level positions in the media, hospitality, event, marketing, and entertainment industries.

 Van Lambaart added, "I know it's a big responsibility to serve the ECA members during these tough times for the casino industry."  "The regulated European casino business is still going through big developments and even problems. 

 “In the next few weeks, I will be working with the ECA board, ECA members, and our partners to figure out what the most important things for our association to do in the future are.

 "I want to personally thank Per Jaldung for his excellent leadership of the association and for all the help, guidance, and support he has given me.  I wish him the best in his new projects and look forward to working with him again in the future.

 The ECA gave Jaldung the title of honorary president of the association in honour of his work.

 Jaldung added, "It has been an honour to be the ECA chairman."  "The best thing about this industry is its people. In this role, I've been lucky enough to get the warmest welcomes from people from all over the world and from all kinds of jobs and positions in the European and international land-based casino sector."

 "It hasn't been an easy job, and the industry is still facing problems from many sides, but the members of the ECA, especially this board of directors and the new chairman, can handle these problems."

 Senior vice-chair Pascal Camia and vice-chair Tiina Siltanen will help Van Lambaart in his new job. Yared Gabretensye, the general manager of Casino Cosmopol, will assume Jaldung's place on the ECA board until the elections next year.