Our Team

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Paul Sebestyen

CEO



Paul is the President of SAI that he founded in 1992, specialising in lottery/draw design, implementation and operational services, as well as a variety of premium quality management and consulting services to the gaming sector for governmental, state and municipalities worldwide.

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Charles Awad

Chief Marketing Officer



Charles is the Chief Marketing Officer at Tycheros. He was recently Head of Marketing at Emirates Loto. Prior to that, he was at Crimtan as the CEO of the MENA region. He spent 10 years as the Group Director of Marketing & Communications at the Al-Futtaim Group.

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Tareq Damerji

Chief Strategy Officer



Tareq worked in Corporate Finance for the Toronto Dominion Bank, managing loan and financial portfolios for some of Canada’s largest companies before returning to the Middle East and becoming one of the founders of Bayt.com.

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Marcus Potter

Head of Commercial and Logistics



Marcus is an accomplished business value creator with over 30 years of experience in Strategic Planning, P&L Management, Start-Up Operations, Business Transformation, Gaming, Change Management and Leadership across a diverse range of industries; particularly in the FMCG sector. Marcus has been instrumental in rebranding businesses, updating all control mechanisms, policies and processes through every function, and creating a more proactive and forward-thinking culture.

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Nick Dutt

Project Management & Operations



Nick is an extremely versatile, results-driven achiever with extensive international experience, delivering strategic development activities across multiple industry sectors. Demonstrable success in managing diverse, multi-functional, multi-cultural teams to create a cohesive and collaborative focus, delivering projects to shape and drive organisational growth and revenue. Strong stakeholder engagement coupled with commercial acumen to champion innovative ways of working and improve performance across people, processes and technology. Nick worked as Head of Operations for Emirates Loto. Prior to this he worked in various roles and international locations for Aimia, including as COO of Air Miles Middle East, launching the program in the UAE. He is currently based in the UK.

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Mark Mortimer Davies

Head of Loyalty & Partnerships



Mark currently is the Head of Loyalty & Partnerships at Tycheros. Until recently he was Deputy CEO at Emirates Loto. He previously served as the CEO of Air Miles Middle East and COO of AIMIA Middle East and North Africa where he leveraged the largest consumer database in MENA to a 12-fold AEBITDA growth in 4 years.

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James Becker

Head Of IT



James has over 26 years' experience in delivering technology driven solutions, digital development and new technologies. He has broad experience in information technology, digital development, and new technologies, James has extensive knowledge of secure cloud solutions and architecture design. He has an excellent understanding of secure programming, implementing cloud environments, creative development and emerging technologies with the ability to deliver high-availability projects from conception to completion across all digital and traditional channels. James headed up the IT department for Emirates Loto and prior to this worked as head of digital for an international venue development and business management company with a portfolio of international and regional convention centers, entertainment destinations, hotels and business towers.

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