Per Widerström

Per Widerström is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Evoke and a member of its Board. He was appointed on 16 October 2023. The company describes him as having more than 19 years of experience in online gaming.

Before joining Evoke, he was CEO of Fortuna Entertainment Group from 2014 to 2022. Fortuna is an omni-channel betting and gaming business in Central and Eastern Europe. Before Fortuna, he held senior roles at several online gaming businesses. He was Managing Director of Gala Interactive at Gala Coral Group Plc, COO of PartyGaming plc and Chief Integration Officer at Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc. He was also Group CEO and Chair of the Board at Expekt.com.

His earlier career was in telecoms and consumer goods. He was COO of Kyivstar and CEO of Telenor Mobile Sweden. He was also Director of Operational Marketing and Business Development for The Coca-Cola Nordic Services.

Widerström has served as a Non-Executive Chairman and Non-Executive Director. The businesses were publicly listed, private equity-backed and venture capital-backed, in betting and gaming, financial services and deep tech. He holds a Masters in International Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics.