{"id":4046,"date":"2020-03-03T12:12:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T12:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:23:38","slug":"novomatic-ceo-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/novomatic-ceo-gaming","title":{"rendered":"Harald Neumann steps down as Novomatic CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ryszard Presch and Johannes Gratzl will take over Neumann\u2019s management board responsibilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Harald Neumann has stepped down as CEO of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?s=novomatic\">Novomatic<\/a><\/em><\/strong> due to family reasons. Ryszard Presch and Johannes Gratzl will take over Neumann\u2019s management board responsibilities and lead the company moving forwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of company founder Prof. Johann Graf and the supervisory board of Novomatic AG, I would like to thank Mr Neumann for his great commitment as chairman of the management board over the past six years\u201d, Supervisory Board Chairman, Dr Bernd Oswald, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr Neumann made a significant contribution to the successful expansion of the group. His personal wish to resign from his position at the end of the month was granted with regret,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neumann joined Novomatic in 2011 and became CEO in October 2014. Although he has stepped down as CEO, he will continue to have supervisory board functions and advise the company on international projects.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryszard Presch and Johannes Gratzl will take over Neumann\u2019s management board responsibilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Harald Neumann has stepped down as CEO of Novomatic due to family reasons, with Ryszard Presch and Johannes Gratzl assuming his management board responsibilities. Neumann will continue to serve on the supervisory board and advise the company on international projects, indicating a structured leadership transition.","focusai_entities":"Harald Neumann, Ryszard Presch, Johannes Gratzl, Novomatic, Prof. Johann Graf, Dr Bernd Oswald","focusai_location":"","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Novomatic Strategy Impact","query":"What strategic shifts, particularly concerning market expansion, M&A, or gaming vertical focus, are anticipated under the new Novomatic management board, and how might this affect their B2B client base and competitive positioning?"},{"label":"Governance Continuity Plan","query":"Given Harald Neumann's continued supervisory board functions and advisory role, what specific governance frameworks are in place to ensure a seamless leadership transition and maintain strategic continuity for Novomatic's international projects and regulatory compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,157],"tags":[512],"class_list":["post-4046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-business-news","tag-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4046"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4075,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046\/revisions\/4075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}