Board of Directors
Atul Bali
Non-Executive Chairman
Atul Bali has been Chairman (designate) of Meridian since 2016. He has been in the gaming industry since 1997 and has served as divisional President & CEO for several public companies including GTECH (NYSE:IGT), Aristocrat (ASX:ALL), Real Networks (NASDAQ:RNWK) as well as the CEO of a venture firm. He currently serves on the board of Everi Holdings Inc (NYSE:EVRI) Rainbow Rare Earths PLC, IWG Ltd and as an advisor to several firms in the lottery and gaming industry. Atul has an honours degree in Law and Economics and qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG.
Zoran Milosevic
Chief Executive Officer
Zoran Milosevic has been the Chief Executive Officer of Meridian since 2008 having joined the business in 2003. Zoran held a number of roles within the Group including Head of Trading, Head of Marketing and Head of Online. He was also a member of the board of the Serbian National Lottery in 2012. Prior to joining the Group he was a Member of Parliament, Head of Logistics at Coca Cola and a member of the Belgrade City Parliament. Zoran was born in Germany, is fluent in English, Serbian and German and has an MSc in Product Management from the University of Belgrade.
Snezana Bozovic
Chief Finance Officer
Snezana Bozovic joined the Company in 2002 starting her career in one of the shops and thereafter in various positions including Financial Analyst and Budget Manager. She has been the CFO since 2008 with responsibility for the financial, compliance and business affairs of the Group. Snezana was born in Montenegro, is fluent in English and Serbian and has an MBA in Business and Management from the University of Belgrade.
William Scott
Non-Executive Director
William Scott joined the board in 2018 as a non-executive director. He is also a non-executive director of Ithuba Holdings Limited, the South Africa National Lottery Operator, and Education Africa, a United Kingdom based charity. He is also an executive director of Warrenside Limited an international gambling consultancy based in the United Kingdom. Prior to setting up Warrenside Limited in 2013, William worked as a Vice President at GTECH (now called IGT). William was born in South Africa and has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree and is a qualified Chartered Accountant in South Africa.
Yiannakis (“Yiannos”) Georgiades
Proposed Non-Executive Director
Yiannos is proposed to join the board as a non-executive director on Admission. He is the Managing Partner of the law firm Y. Georgiades & Associates LLC, which is based in Cyprus, with presences in the UK and Greece. He graduated from West London University (LL.B. Hons.) in 1989 and Inns of Court School of Law, Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, London (Barrister-at-Law) in 1990. Apart from becoming a barrister, he has worked at a firm of solicitors in London as well as a visiting attorney at Corboy & Demetrio in Chicago and Baker & Hostetler in Washington, D.C. in the US. He is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and President of the Cyprus Chapter of the European Court of Arbitration and Mediation for commercial disputes (CEAM). Yiannos is an experienced legal practitioner to gambling companies, having provided corporate and regulatory advice to several gambling firms over the last 10 years and is also a nominated advisor for the Emerging Companies Market of the Cyprus Stock Exchange.