If named, Nygaard-Andersen would replace Shay Segev, who left the gambling firm on Monday a week after it rejected an $11 billion approach from MGM Resorts International, saying the deal significantly undervalued its business.
A deal to appoint Nygaard-Andersen, a non-executive director at Entain, as CEO is likely to be announced as soon as next week, Sky News https://bit.ly/3ieaGbV said citing people close to the FTSE-100 company.
However, an Entain representative told Reuters over email that no decision has been made about the CEO succession.
Nygaard-Andersen also serves on the board of Coloplast A/S and previously worked in companies such as Accenture and Maersk.
(Reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra)
