Southern California’s San Manuel Indian Tribe removed the interim label from Laurens Vosloo, naming the former Las Vegas gaming executive Thursday as the permanent CEO.
Vosloo, who had been San Manuel’s chief financial officer since 2018, took over as interim CEO in June following the departure of CEO Loren Gill.
“Laurens has made a significant impact over the past six years and has become a trusted advisor,” Ken Ramirez, Chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, said in a statement. “We believe he is the right person to help our Tribe chart its path into the future.”
Vosloo will be responsible for all day-to-day leadership and operations of the San Manuel Tribal Government, the tribe’s flagship San Manuel Casino in San Bernardino County, and other entities.
The San Manuel Casino, which is roughly 60 miles from downtown Los Angeles, is undergoing a $550 million expansion to create a full-scale resort that includes a 450-room hotel tower, a 3,000-seat events center, new restaurants, and other non-gaming attractions.
San Manuel added a high-limit gaming area last year, and the property primarily draws customers from the populous Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties.
Vosloo joined San Manuel in 2014 as CFO for the San Manuel Casino. He was previously executive director of finance for Las Vegas Sands Corp., and he started his career as an auditor in Las Vegas with Deloitte.
The tribe did not give a reason for Gill’s departure in June. He had served more than three years as general manager of the San Manuel Casino before being named CEO in 2019.
Ramirez, who served five terms as tribal secretary, became the tribe’s new chairman in April, replacing Lynn Valbuena, who served three consecutive terms as the tribe’s chairwoman beginning in 2014.
In February, the tribe donated $9 million to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to fund tribal development programs through the university’s hospitality college and school of law.
Vosloo is a graduate of UNLV with degrees in accounting and management and earned his Certified Public Accountant license in Nevada.
Howard Stutz is the executive editor of CDC Gaming. He can be reached at hstutz@cdcgaming.com. Follow @howardstutz on Twitter.
