Rational Group Appoints New Execs

Rational Group, parent company of PokerStars and Full Tilt and a subsidiary of the Amaya Gaming group, has appointed new marketing and operational executives. Israel Rosenthal has been appointed to the role of chief operations officer succeeding Rafi Ashkenazi as he is moving into a new position at Amaya. Gino Appiotti has been appointed to take on the chief marketing officer position, which was previously held by Alex Payne. Payne left the company moving into a marketing career with EBay Europe. Appiotti oversaw Rational's southern European operations for three years and led PokerStars through the process of expanding its offerings.