Supplier News
UK – Ainsworth UK adds key personnel
By Phil - 11 September 2014
Ainsworth UK has added two further new members to its work force staff with Ben Challenor and Stephen Miller joining its team.
Ben Challenor is well known and respected in the gaming industry thanks to his time spent at Clarion, supporting the ICE team in London.
His proactive approach, visiting exhibitors around Europe to understand their needs further helped improve the exhibition quality. After having spent almost four years at Clarion, Mr. Challenor explained his move to Ainsworth: “I am incredibly excited about joining such a globally recognised brand and one that is so well known across the gaming industry. There are excellent opportunities for us to grow even further within Europe.”
Stephen Miller has a proven track record as an entrepreneur, a person who places customers first. After playing a key role in the family company for almost twenty years, Mr. Miller entered the gaming industry in 1997. He has amassed experience for a UK gaming machine operator, spent three years as a slot manager for a cruise line company and spent 12 years based in the Netherlands for a major slot machine company. The mix of technical, product and sales experience makes him the ideal person to embody the position of Product Manager at Ainsworth UK. Mr. Miller himself commented: “I had been noticing at the gaming shows the forward development of the Ainsworth games and cabinets and I have been very impressed. There is one important thing with being a Product Manager, love and believe in your product. This is not difficult to accomplish working for Ainsworth as we have a great product that can compete in a very challenging market.”
Robert Dykstra, Managing Director of Ainsworth (UK) Ltd, said: “It is key for our customers that they have highly professional service and support at Ainsworth. Thus, I am very pleased to have gained two such strong personalities for our team who are dedicated and proactive and bring with them a wealth of knowledge, each in their own field. I am proud to say that the fact that we have such strong products and are continually focusing on developing ever better gaming solutions results that we can attract top people to our company – all for the benefit of our customers. Ben and Stephen both have excellent credentials and are very excited about growing our business.”
