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Light & Wonder: Strategic Hiring
Appointed Phil Stormonth as new senior director of sales for Asia, indicating focus on growth in Asian markets
Source: GN — ASX:LNW Light & Wonder
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening technology executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Backdrop: a 98.6 (Neutral) Talent Market Index (down 1.4 on the month) with Asia activity rising (+2.4pts).
Light & Wonder: 2 signals in the last 90 days — above the Technology median of 1 across 191 tracked companies; 0.3% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 2 tracked across 20 days.
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