Bally’s Chicago appointed Cheryl Ash as chief financial officer to succeed Charlie Diao, the company said. The change is subject to customary regulatory approvals; Diao is due to leave at the end of March. Ash currently serves as senior vice-president of finance for Bally’s Corporation’s Casinos and Resorts division.
The appointment will change the finance leadership overseeing Bally’s planned Chicago casino resort.
The day’s most important stories, free. One email a day.
IGT said Adam Chibib will become its chief financial officer on 1 November, subject to regulatory approvals. He will succeed Fabio Celadon, who leaves the CFO role on 31 October and will remain with the company through year-end to support the transition.
Polymarket has recruited its first chief financial officer, citing Bloomberg. SBC Americas also reported the departure of Bally’s chief financial officer.
Bally’s has named George Papanier interim CFO following Mira Mircheva’s resignation. The leadership change comes amid delays to its Chicago casino project, a dispute with city officials and concerns about liquidity.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas appointed Patrick Crockett as chief financial officer, the resort said. He will oversee finance and accounting, financial planning and analysis, procurement and warehouse, and business transformation teams.
Novig appointed Elie Mishory as chief regulatory and legal affairs officer in the United States, the company said. Mishory previously held regulatory and legal roles at Kalshi and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Novig said the appointment follows its designation by the CFTC as a Designated Contract Market.