Paul Avery has been named vice president and general manger of Rainbow Casino.

Avery comes to Vicksburg from Isle of Capri Casino in Kansas City, Mo. Rainbow is one of 18 properties owned and operated by Isle of Capri Casinos Inc.

Avery joined the corporation in 1996, serving as supervisor in the accounting department at Isle of Capri in Biloxi. In 2002, he was named corporate property accounting manager.

He served as senior director of finance at the Isle of Capri in Vicksburg, now called DiamondJacks, until 2004 when he became senior director of property finance for Isle of Capri’s Northern region. He returned to Biloxi as senior director of finance in 2006.

Avery was born in Maryland, but grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He is a certified public accountant and was a graduate of the inaugural class of the Gulf Coast Business Council’s Masters Program.