Chair diary engagements
Diary engagements for the Chair.
Chair diary engagements 2024 to 2025
January 2025
29 January: Introductory meeting with the DCMS Director for Sport and Gambling.
February 2025
4 February: Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Allwyn, together with the Gambling Commission's CEO.
11 February: Quarterly meeting with DCMS Directors General.
12 February: Meeting with the Chair and CEO of GambleAware, together with the Gambling Commission's CEO.
March 2025
4 March: Meeting with the Chair and CEO of GambleAware, together with the Gambling Commission's CEO.
6 March: Introductory call with the Chair of Bally's Corporation.
6 March: Introductory call with the Chair of Playtech.
6 March: Virtual meeting of DCMS Public Body Chairs and/or CEOs.
6 March: Chair of Allwyn.
11 March: Introductory call with the Chair of Rank.
11 March: Introductory call with the Chair of Betfred.
12 March: Introductory call with the Chair of Buzz Bingo.
18 March: Meeting with the DCMS Minister for Gambling, together with the Gambling Commission's CEO.
19 March: Introductory call with the Co-CEO of Bet365.
27 March: Introductory call with the Chair of Genting.
31 March: Introductory call with the Interim Chair of Kindred.
Chair diary engagements 2025 to 2026
April 2025
2 April: Operators' Engagement Forum (in person, in London).
3 April: Introductory meeting (in person, in London) with Michael Dugher, Chair, Betting and Gaming Council.
8 April: Quarterly call with Director General Polly Payne, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Head of Racing and Lotteries, DCMS, was also on the call.
10 April: Introductory call with Lord Baker, Chair, Genting.
23 April: Chair to Chair call with Justin King, Chair, Allwyn.
May 2025
6 May: Call with Ben Dean, Director, Sport and Gambling, DCMS, and Non-Executive Commissioners.
28 May: Visit to Palace Amusements, London.
28 May: Visit to the London Hippodrome Casino.
June 2025
9 to 12 June: Attended the annual International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) Conference, in Berlin.
12 June: Call with Ben Dean, Director, Sport and Gambling, DCMS.
13 June: Quarterly call with Director General Polly Payne, DCMS. Ben Dean, Director, Sport and Gambling, DCMS, was also on the call.
July 2025
16 July: Visit to Gordon Moody facility in Redditch.
29 July: Introductory meeting with CEO, Bingo Association.
August 2025
5 August: Visit to Bet365 premises in Stoke-on-Trent.
21 August: Quarterly call with Chair, Betting & Gaming Council.
September 2025
3 September: Call with Ben Dean, Director - Sport and Gambling, DCMS.
3 September: Visit to Novomatic Adult Gaming Centre in London.
10 September: Visits in Bristol to: ARA Recovery for All, Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research and Ladbroke betting shop.
29 September: Quarterly call with DCMS Director General.
October 2025
1 October: Public Chairs' Forum masterclass (in-person Chairs' Forum masterclass in London).
3 October: Visit to Brighton & Hove Greyhound Station (part of the Interim Chair and Commissioners external stakeholder engagement programme).
3 October: Visit to Buzz Bingo, Brighton (part of the Interim Chair and Commissioners external stakeholder engagement programme).
9 October: Gambling Commission Operator Engagement Forum (In person, in London).
13 October: Call with DCMS, Allwyn CEO and GC CEO.
November 2025
5 November: Institute of Regulation - regulatory roundtable on: What NEDs need to know about cyber security and cyber resilience (in person roundtable in London).
5 November: Quarterly meeting with Michael Dugher, Chair, Betting & Gaming Council (in person quarterly meeting or call, in London).
17 November: Call with DCMS, Allwyn CEO and GC CEO.
18 November: Introductory call with DCMS Director General, Emma Ward, together with Andrew Rhodes.
21 November: Introductory call with John Gleasure, Chair, Playtech.
21 November: Introductory call with Mark Summerfield, Chair, Evoke.
24 November: In person Operator Chairs' Forum, with the top 11 Operator Chairs and the Chair of the Betting and Gaming Council.
December 2025
4 December: Public Chairs' Forum - Chairs' Challenge.
11 December: Introductory meeting in person with DCMS Permanent Secretary Susannah Storey.
16 December: Meeting with Director General Emma Ward and Ben Dean, Director, Sport and Gambling, DCMS.
17 December: Call with DCMS, Allwyn CEO and GC CEO.
Last updated: 24 July 2025
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