{"id":777041414,"date":"2026-04-24T10:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777041414"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:25:27","slug":"ainsworth-strengthens-north-america-leadership-with-new-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ainsworth-strengthens-north-america-leadership-with-new-appointment","title":{"rendered":"Ainsworth names Matt Smith as vice president of marketing and product strategy for North America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Smith will lead Ainsworth\u2019s marketing and product strategy functions across North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>Ainsworth Game Technology<\/strong> has named <strong>Matt Smith<\/strong> as vice president of marketing and product strategy for the North American market. He joins the company from <strong>IGT<\/strong>, where he spent eight years and most recently served as director of premium product management. He previously worked in slot operations at <strong>MGM Resorts\u2019 Bellagio<\/strong> and other properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his new role, Smith will lead Ainsworth\u2019s marketing and product strategy functions across North America, with a focus on product development and market expansion. Acting chief executive Ryan <strong>Comstock<\/strong> described Smith as a strong fit for the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith said: \u201cThe company has a strong foundation and tremendous potential, and I look forward to helping drive the next phase of growth through compelling products and strategic marketing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/ainsworth-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/novomatic-board-chair-wimmer-joins-ainsworth-game-technology-board'>Novomatic chair Wimmer joins Ainsworth Game Technology board<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smith will lead Ainsworth\u2019s marketing and product strategy functions across North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777020167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"","focusai_target_profile":"","focusai_suggestions":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[29,24619,1897],"class_list":["post-777041414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-igaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041414","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777041414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041423,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041414\/revisions\/777041423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777020167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777041414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777041414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777041414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}