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Dr Michael Auer

Dr. Michael Auer is a statistician and psychologist. He studied in Vienna, Austria and made his PhD with Prof. Mark Griffiths at Nottingham Trent University. Dr. Michael Auer published more than forty peer-reviewed articles in the area of online gambling about subjects like limit setting, personalized feedback, self-exclusion and pop-up messages.

This academic background and his commercial experience of more than fifteen years in the gambling industry lead to the development of a player tracking tool called “mentor” which is currently used by thirty different online gambling sits across the world. He is also a regular speaker at conferences and consults operators, regulators and policy makers around the world.

Martin Lykca

Martin Lycka is SVP for American Regulatory Affairs and Responsible Gambling at Entain, overseeing growth of the business across both new U.S. states and into other parts of the Americas, notably LATAM and Canada. He joined the business in April 2018, as Director of Regulatory Affairs.

Martin also serves on the boards of the Entain Foundation, the Entain Foundation US, the German Online Casino Association and the Advisory Boards to the National Council on Problem Gambling as well as RG247, a responsible gaming training provider.

Tania Rahmany

Tania joined Hassans in 2015 and has rapidly garnered much respect for her corporate and commercial advisory and transactional work, advising multinational corporate groups and high net worth individuals alike.

Last year Tania was accepted as part of the Futures Forward Academy which is closely aligned to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The participants each identified a tangible change they felt they could make and received leadership, training, mentoring, and support to work towards these goals. Tania is also passionate about eradicating gender bias, and feels strongly about encouraging all women, and men, to challenge inequality, call out bias, question stereotypes, and help forge an inclusive world.

Andrew Montegriffo

Andrew is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial team at Hassans specialising primarily in gaming, fintech and digital technologies. After graduating from the University of Nottingham with an LLB (Hons) degree, he went on to obtain an LLM in Commercial Law before undertaking the Bar Professional Training Course.

Andrew Lyman

Andrew Lyman is currently the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner and the Executive Director of the Gambling Division. Andrew is a qualified UK lawyer (Professional Certificate of Competence in Gibraltar Law) and is a risk and compliance professional.

Paul Foster

Paul is the CEO of Crucial Compliance and the CEO of the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association. Previous to Crucial Compliance he held Senior Roles at GVC, Ladbrokes Coral, bwin.party and Partygaming.

Past Panelists

Rob Mitchell

Rob Mitchell is the Senior Vice President of Business Development, based in RiskScreen’s London office.
With vast experience in the governance, risk and compliance market, Rob is responsible for growing the firm’s corporate client base in Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

Tom Gribbin

Tom Gribbin is the CEO and co-founder of Planet Super League. Tom has twenty years experience in sustainability, new ventures, marketing and innovation.
His work focuses on behaviour change and facilitating action.
Tom has an MBA from the University of Cambridge and has taught Entrepreneurship in the School of Management at UCL.

Sophie Wood

Sophie joined Lottoland in 2021 as Learning & Development Partner, working with Christina Giuffre to lead Lottoland's DEI Strategy.
Sophie's inclusion work began after coming out as trans in 2011 whilst working for the UK Police Service as an Information, Intelligence & Investigation Trainer. Sophie has worked in the online Entertainment / Gaming Industry since 2015.

Maris Catania

Maris Catania currently occupies the role of Head of Responsible Gaming and Research at Kindred. She started as a Risk and Fraud Analyst with Kindred and after receiving her Psychology MSc from the University of Leicester, took on the role of Responsible Gaming Manager.

Nick Hill

Nick Hill is a seasoned iGaming professional with over 20 years of experience, including as Chief Operating Officer at gaming operator and platform provider EveryMatrix.
Nick has singular insight into the needs of the gaming industry and an ability to anticipate emerging trends.

Christina Giuffre

With over 15 years of experience in business leadership, digital strategy, marketing and product; Christina has collaborated with start-ups to large corporates, driving sustainable growth with the customer at heart.
In the last 5 years Christina has worked in gaming across lotteries, online slots, bingo and poker, and is currently the Head of Product and Co-lead of Diversity & Inclusion for Lottoland in Gibraltar.

Markus Neubauer

Markus Neubauer is Regulatory Compliance Manager & Safer Gambling Ambassador at Lottoland.
In this role he is supporting the business in developing the Safer Gambling Strategy with the long-term goal to make the industry sustainable and fair for all.

Nifa Sellors

Nifa Sellors is a Wellbeing Coach, Mental Health First Aid Instructor and Psychologist. She achieved her Masters in Applied Clinical Psychology at the University of Bath with a particular research focus on early childhood adversity and it’s impacts across the lifespan. Over the last 5 years, Nifa has worked in a variety of mental health services across the UK, Indonesia and Gibraltar and is currently on route to qualifying as a Doctor in Clinical Psychology.

Pedro Romero

Pedro is a seasoned Safer Gambling Consultant and Therapist. He has worked in senior roles at leading iGaming companies. Aside from his industry roles, he has been the Head of Gambling Therapy, a charity which provides online support for problem gamblers worldwide. He enjoys charitable roles and currently, he is part of Betblocker charity which provides free blocking software for people affected by gambling related harm.

Neil Tyson

Neil is an accredited counter fraud specialist and member of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management with over 20 years’ experience in helping senior managers take an ethical and proactive risk-based approach to managing their organisation’s legal and regulatory compliance.
A trusted expert in his field Neil is an international keynote speaker, panelist and moderator.

Adrian Sladdin

Adrian is one of the founding partners at Seventh Wave Corporate Training, writing and delivering innovative corporate training as well delivering on large-scale international consultancy work for the financial and gambling sectors. His corporate clients include Ladbrokes Coral, Lottoland, BetVictor, Playtech Deutsche Bank, J P Morgan and Santander.

Jo Abergel

Jo was National Director of a leading National Voluntary Youth Organisation in the UK before she moved to Gibraltar in 2001. With corporate HR experience in two private banks (Lloyds TSB and Credit Suisse), an accountancy firm and within the online gaming sector, Jo has managed to combine her leadership knowledge and business expertise to develop training courses for many companies.

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