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Head of legal, Greece | Avramar Seafood Group
Head of legal, Greece | Avramar Seafood Group
GM legal: Southern Africa Region | Multichoice Africa
‘No one day is the same’, Rebotile Bopape says of her corporate counsel role. ‘We get involved in every single element of the business, so we have a helicopter view...
Formerly a state-owned enterprise before being fully privatized in 2013, OPAP retains exclusive rights to organise lotteries and betting endeavours in Greece and Cyprus. This highly lucrative operation netted the company in excess of €1.5bn in 2018, and provides a wide range of legal areas for its well-resourced and highly capable legal team to prove its mettle and showcase its abilities. Anny Ketentzoglou, as chief legal counsel at OPAP Group, has led the team to success in support of the company on a number of major projects. In particular, the rollout of increased numbers of video lottery terminals across the company’s points of sale in Greece has been cited as a key factor in the company’s increased revenues for 2018, and the company’s achievement of level four World Lottery Association accreditation has been a huge contribution to its corporate social responsibility goals.