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OLIVER ZUGEL | FOUNDER AND CEO

Spring Capital was founded in 2008 by Mr. Oliver Zugel, with former roles as COO of the world's largest public Hispanic gaming company, Codere, and CEO of Spain's market leading casino operator Group Peralada.

At Codere, Mr. Zugel doubled the company's EBITDA within less than 5 years, generating a 40% IRR for investors and preparing the company's IPO at the Madrid Stock Exchange.

More recently, he led the company´s operational program generating over 100 M USD in savings.

He has extensive gaming operations and business development experience in all major gaming markets, together with an extensive network of relationships with operators, executives and regulators.

Mr. Zugel is a regular keynote speaker at major gaming conferences including EiG, ICE and the World Gaming Summits. Prior to his involvement in gaming, Mr. Zugel was a partner at Monitor Group, a leading global strategy consulting and private equity investment firm. He holds a first class honours Economics Degree from the London School of Economics where he was a scholar of the King Edward VII Foundation.

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OLIVER MARKL | PARTNER


Oliver Markl has a 20+ year track record in structuring, financing and executing transactions, including senior positions within JPMorgan´s M&A and structured finance teams in Europe and London. At private equity fund Monitor Clipper Partners he was responsible for the financial oversight of their investment in the gaming industry. He is a founder and shareholder of Loyalty Systems GmbH in Hamburg, the market leader for software and financial solutions to the German fitness studio market.

Oliver is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris) and of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Bologna).

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PETER NOLAN | PARTNER


Peter Nolan has 25+ years of experience in strategy, operations and product development, specializing in the international online and offline betting and gaming sector.

He was a founding team member of Ladbrokes iGaming division as Head of Operations. Peter was responsible for the development and successful launch of Ladbrokes.com, one of the first ever multi-lingual online sportsbooks. Later Peter became COO of Sky Betting and Gaming – responsible for developing the sportsbook platform, the customer service function and the fraud and payments team.

Peter has an MBA from Open University in UK.

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JUAN MERINO | SENIOR BUSINESS MANAGER


Juan Merino has 10+ years of experience in strategy consulting and as a financial analyst, focusing on the gaming, banking and pharma sectors. Prior to joining Spring Capital, he worked at Banco Santander, Indra Consulting and Self Bank (Societe Generale) in Spain and Latin America. He holds a Degree in Business Administration from CUNEF, Madrid.

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ÁLVARO CAMUÑAS | BUSINESS ANALYST


Álvaro has previous experience supporting as an analyst in Mutuactivos, the asset management arm of Mutua Madrileña, and in Endesa, a mayor electric utility company. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Engineering from the Comillas Pontificial University (ICAI) in Madrid.

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OGADENIA DÍAZ | OFFICE MANAGER


Ogadenia is responsible for organizing and coordinating Spring Capital's administration duties.

 

 

 

OPERATING EXECUTIVES:

 

Spring Capital has an extensive network of relationships with Operating Executives who have run gaming companies from leadership positions. They are drawn upon as needed to provide the appropriate capacities and skills for specific customer engagement. Some of Spring’s Operating Executives include the former:

 

  • CEO Largest international casino operator in the world
  • COO of No. 1 European media online betting and gaming company
  • CEO of leading global online software development and service provider 
  • CEO of world's most international casino operator
  • COO of leading Latam gaming operator
  • CEO of leading online lottery company
  • CEO and founder of specialized slot management advisory boutique
  • CEO and founder of US-facing social media game development group