Jaymin B. Patel

Biography: Jaymin B. Patel President and Chief Operating Officer of GTECH Corporation

As President and Chief Operating Officer of GTECH Corporation, Jaymin Patel is responsible for managing the Company’s operational functions and ensuring that the Company meets its corporate objectives and revenue-growth goals. Working with all GTECH operations, Patel oversees the development of strategic growth opportunities and the enhancement of technological solutions to strengthen operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, market penetration, and organizational development.
Patel joined GTECH in July of 1994, after approximately five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. Since then, he has had a series of increasingly responsible financial positions within the Company, including Finance Director of GTECH’s European and African Operations and Vice President of Financial Planning & Business Evaluation. From January 2000 to April 2007, Patel served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GTECH Corporation, and from August 2006 to April 2007, he also served as Chief Financial Officer of Lottomatica S.p.A.
During his seven years as Chief Financial Officer of GTECH, Patel was instrumental in driving growth across the business, leading cost optimization initiatives, and substantially improving the capital efficiency of the Company. Patel’s tenure as the Chief Financial Officer culminated in his leadership in coordinating the financing for the Lottomatica acquisition of GTECH.
Patel holds a BA (honors) degree from Birmingham Polytechnic (UK), now the University of Central England in Birmingham, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, London.

New Outline of Lottomatica Board of Directors
Jaymin Patel In The Board Of Directors Of Lottomatica
ROME, Italy -- PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (USA) (November 9, 2007) - Lottomatica announces, effective on this date, that Jaymin Patel, Chief Executive Officer of GTECH Corp., has been appointed to the Board of Directors in replacement of Paolo Ainio, who resigned on October 5, 2007. Jaymin Patel, will remain in office until the next shareholders' general meeting. To this date, Jaymin Patel owns approximately 180,000 Lottomatica shares, as per the company's register.
SOURCE: Lottomatica S.p.A.