Artur Sheikhaliev

Artur Sheikhaliev is CEO of an iGaming game provider he is building within the Xanada investment group. He spent more than 12 years at Playtika: he started as an animator at House of Fun, a studio that makes slots and casual games, then moved into management and rose to Senior Director of R&D, also serving as R&D Director and R&D Group Manager. He grew teams, launched new business lines and optimized operations. Inside Playtika he initiated a project that began as a small internal startup: he built from scratch a separate studio with a unified system for developing and delivering slot games, uniting mathematicians, artists, product managers and sound designers, which grew into a major business unit. He has more than 10 years of experience in product business and crisis management and consults in these areas; alongside this he has built several startups, including in healthcare.