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Appointment of MD
Appointment of MD.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Brulines (Holdings) PLC\n06 May 2008\n\n\n\n\nPress Release 6 May 2008\n\n\n\n Brulines (Holdings) plc\n\n\n ('Brulines' or 'the Group')\n\n\n Brulines appoints Managing Director for its Gaming Machine businesses\n\nBrulines (Holdings) plc (AIM:BRU), the market leading provider of real time\nmonitoring systems and data management services for the UK leisure sector, is\npleased to announce the appointment of Bill Knowles as Managing Director of the\nGroup's gaming machine management interests comprising Machine Insite and\nCoin-Metrics.\n\nBill brings with him a wealth of experience acquired in senior roles within the\nmachines and pub sector over the last 25 years, including 19 years with Punch\nTaverns and Allied Domecq.\n\nIn addition to Bill Knowles' appointment, the Coin Metrics sales team has been\nstrengthened with the appointment of Mark Bowen as the account manager for the\nsouth of England.\n\nMark has a wealth of experience in the UK gaming industry and more specifically\nfrom his work with Whitbread and more recently Punch Taverns where he was\nresponsible for machine management and development. Mark will help drive the\nGroup's real time machine monitoring systems and data management services into\nthe pub and leisure sectors.\n\nCommenting on the appointments, James Dickson, Chief Executive of Brulines,\nstated: 'I am delighted that Bill is joining the team at a very exciting time\nfor the gaming machine industry. The knowledge and experience he has gained\nwithin the pub and machine sectors will prove invaluable as we continue to\ndevelop market leading machine management information and reporting tools. The\nmachine industry faces significant challenges, and we look forward to working\nwith the key stakeholders to develop our service and improve operational\nefficiency and customer profitability.\n\nThese appointments underline our intent to invest in quality people as we\ncontinue to develop market leading products and operational intelligence to\nimprove customer profitability across the whole pub, leisure and gaming sector.'\n\nCommenting on his appointment, Bill Knowles added: 'I experienced Brulines'\npotential during my time at Punch Taverns, and having recently provided\nconsultancy services to the Group, it became apparent that it has fantastic\nopportunities to grow its customer offering and market sha...