End of Year Review 2025: Open GI’s Neil Hart
Neil Hart, chief sales officer at Open GI, reflects on the ‘old chestnut’ that the cheapest cover isn’t always the best and suggests ‘His Highness’ as his darts alter ego for the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.
What was the M&A deal or personnel hire that raised your eyebrows the most in 2025 and why?I wouldn’t say it raised my eyebrows, but we were really pleased to bring Andy Brockway into Open GI this year as chief product and technology officer.
His deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and industry insight makes him an incredible addition to our leadership team and he’s already driving positive development across Open GI.
And it’s not M&A but we were all shocked to see Applied exit the UK
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