Director biographies
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Jenny Williams - Commissioner and Chief
Executive
Jenny Williams became the Chief Executive of
the Gaming Board, now the Gambling Commission, in 2004. She was
previously a Director General at the Lord Chancellor's Department
(now the Department for Justice). Before that she held a variety of
policy and project management posts in the Inland Revenue, the
Departments of Environment and Transport and the Home Office. She
is the vice chair of the homelessness charity, The Connection at St
Martin’s, a trustee of the International Association of Gaming
Regulators; and previously was a non-executive Director of
Northumbrian Water Group plc; of the National Campaign for Arts;
and of Morley College, an adult education college.
Role
The Chief Executive is our senior executive and is responsible
for the development and effective delivery of the strategy agreed
by the Board
of Commissioners. She manages our staff through the Executive
Group comprising the directors reporting to her and, as Accounting
Officer, is responsible for the proper management and financial
governance of the organisation.
Sarah Gardner - Director of planning and performance
Sarah joined us in 2009 and was appointed Director, Planning and
Performance in March 2012. Before joining the Commission, Sarah
spent most of her career as a civil servant in a number of
government departments covering a wide range of topics including
tax, European and international policy, consumer protection,
competition, better regulation, small business and enterprise
policy.
Role
As well as contributing to the corporate leadership of the
Gambling Commission, Sarah oversees the delivery of our business
plan, working with colleagues across the organisation to support
them in the achievement of our corporate objectives. She is
responsible for ensuring that we have effective programme delivery
and decision making arrangements in place. Sarah supports the Board
in their development of strategy and oversees the provision of
effective secretariat and related services to the Board and senior
management team.
Matthew Hill - Director of regulatory risk and
analysis
Matthew joined us in November 2008. His civil service career
covered diverse areas such as gambling, broadcasting, alcohol
reform, animal health, e-government and civil contingencies.
Role
As a member of the Gambling Commission’s Executive Group,
Matthew’s main focus is on corporate leadership of the Commission
and the delivery of its business plan, particularly in relation to
understanding the gambling landscape and applying that
understanding to identify and address key issues. Matthew plays a
particularly prominent role in the Commission’s relationship with
external stakeholders. In common with other Directors, Matthew also
leads a portfolio of high priority compliance work.
Neil McArthur - General Counsel
Neil qualified as a solicitor in 1997. He is a
graduate of Leicester Polytechnic and Leicester University and
holds a post-graduate diploma in local government law from the
College of Law. He is a member of the Association of Regulatory and
Disciplinary Lawyers.
Neil has worked as in-house lawyer for a
number of public bodies, including as the head of the General
Teaching Council for England’s legal team.
Role
Neil joined us in October 2006. He is our principal legal
adviser with overall responsibility for our legal work, including
providing advice on the operation of the regulatory regime and
support to our Regulatory Panel.
Nick Tofiluk - Director of regulatory operations
Nick joined the Gambling Commission in 2007, before which he was
an Assistant Chief of Police with extensive policy and operational
command experience with territorial policing, serious and organised
crime and criminal intelligence matters. He has held positions as
UK programme director for the resultant National Ballistics
Intelligence Service, chair of the UK firearms Intelligence
Committee, vice chair of the UK Firearms Strategy Group and
national Director of the Police National Database programme.
Nick holds degrees from the Universities of Birmingham and
Cambridge and an Advanced Diploma in Organisational Management from
Manchester University.
Role
As a member of the Gambling Commission’s Executive Group, Nick’s
main focus is on corporate leadership of the Commission and the
delivery of its business plan , with strategic focus upon our
programmes of work that encompass licensing, compliance,
intelligence and enforcement delivery through partnership activity.
He has particular responsibility for our work addressing sports
betting integrity issues.
Page last reviewed: May 2013