{"id":12209,"date":"2025-11-05T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=12209"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:08:22","slug":"sun-international-appoints-leslie-peters-as-chief-technology-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/sun-international-appoints-leslie-peters-as-chief-technology-officer","title":{"rendered":"Sun International appoints Leslie Peters as Chief Technology Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In his new role, Peters will spearhead the company’s technology strategy and drive innovation and product development across all Sun International’s 11 casinos and online division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Africa.- South African online casino operator Sun International <\/strong>has announced the appointment of Leslie Peters<\/strong> as its Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTPO)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peters brings a wealth of experience spanning more than 20 years<\/strong> in software development, gaming technology and digital transformation to the company. He has held key positions at top firms like Derivco, Three-B International and TickTock Games<\/strong>, and most recently Games Global<\/strong>, where he served for four years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his new role, Peters will spearhead the company’s technology strategy and drive innovation and product development across all Sun International’s 11 casinos and online division<\/strong>. Expressing his enthusiasm about the appointment, Peters said: “It’s a privilege to join one of Africa’s most iconic entertainment brands. Sun International’s digital evolution presents an incredible opportunity to fuse technology and creativity in ways that redefine how people experience gaming and leisure. I’m excited to be part of that journey.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peters joins Sun International as the company accelerates its digital transformation to meet growing online demand. The company aims to create a seamless omnichannel experience that combines its physical casinos with digital solutions, to stay competitive in a fast-evolving gaming market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sun International’s CEO Ulrik Bengtsson<\/strong> said: “We are focused on customer-centric and product-driven growth, powered by fit-for-purpose technology. Leslie’s appointment is a key step in delivering on this strategy and ensuring our technology and product platforms are aligned with our ambition to become a market-leading, digitally led, omnichannel gaming company of scale.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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In his new role, Peters will spearhead the company’s technology strategy and drive innovation and product development across all Sun International’s 11 casinos and online division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":4181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Sun International, a prominent South African iGaming and leisure operator, has strategically appointed Leslie Peters as its Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTPO). This executive hire is a critical component of the company's accelerated digital transformation roadmap, aiming to drive innovation and product development across its extensive portfolio of 11 land-based casinos and burgeoning online division. Peters' mandate is to architect a seamless omnichannel experience, aligning technology and product platforms with Sun International's ambition for market leadership and scaled digital operations.","focusai_entities":"Leslie Peters, Sun International, Derivco, Three-B International, TickTock Games, Games Global, Ulrik Bengtsson, Sunbet, GrandWest Casino","focusai_location":"South Africa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.95), tech_data (0.95), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Tech Stack & Omnichannel?","query":"What specific technology stack enhancements or platform migrations are anticipated under Peters' leadership to support the omnichannel convergence strategy and scale digital operations?"},{"label":"B2B Supplier Impact?","query":"How will this CTPO appointment influence Sun International's B2B supplier engagement model and potential for new technology partnerships to accelerate product innovation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60021,60011],"tags":[60297,60626,60288],"class_list":["post-12209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-igaming-news","category-south-africa","tag-digital-transformation","tag-online-casino-operator","tag-sun-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12209"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12234,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12209\/revisions\/12234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}