Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> November 7, 2000
SCOTT D. SCHWEINFURTH joined WMS Industries, Inc. on April 19, 2000,
assuming the offices of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer. He is a Certified Public Accountant and was, from
June 1996 until March 2000, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of Alliance Gaming Corporation, a diversified
gaming company. Mr. Schweinfurth also acted as Managing Director of
Alliance's Germany-based Bally Wulff subsidiary from November 1999 to
March 2000. Alliance acquired Bally Gaming International in June 1996,
where Mr. Schweinfurth had served as Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer since 1995. Prior to that time, he was
employed by Ernst & Young for 18 years, the last six as a partner. Profile
its history?
Mr. Schweinfurth: WMS Industries and its predecessors were founded over
40 years ago. The company began in
