Long before he was appointed CEO in 2010, Henrik Tjärnström was a part of the Kindred Group (then Unibet Group). Henrik joined the Board of Directors in 2003 and was part of the Board until 2008 where he stepped into the role as Chief Financial Officer for the Group. He holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Institute of Technology, Linköping University, Sweden. Before joining the Kindred Group, Henrik was employed as Senior Financial Manager at Skanska Infrastructure Development AB from 2001 to 2008.

Long before he was appointed CEO in 2010, Henrik Tjärnström was a part of the Kindred Group (then Unibet Group). Henrik joined the Board of Directors in 2003 and was part of the Board until 2008 where he stepped into the role as Chief Financial Officer for the Group. He holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Institute of Technology, Linköping University, Sweden. Before joining the Kindred Group, Henrik was employed as Senior Financial Manager at Skanska Infrastructure Development AB from 2001 to 2008.

Johan Törnqvist co-founded Play’n GO in 2005 and as CEO has seen the company remain at the forefront of the gaming industry thanks to the simple ambition to be the best gaming entertainment supplier there is. Play’n GO believes that our positive and supportive working atmosphere enhances and inspires our direct relationships with clients and translates into high-quality content for the players that we entertain. Play’n GO leads the industry with innovative products and content through our carefully crafted portfolio of over 250 well-loved games, enjoyed by millions across the world. With compatibility in over 20 jurisdictions globally, we supply games to the largest operators in the industry. Play’n GO are entertainers, first and foremost, and that will always shape what we do, where we go and what kinds of games we make.

Senior Director, Group Strategy & Execution at Better Collective, a listed sports betting media group that operates a range of different media platforms. His responsibilities in Better Collective includes management of the local sports betting brands, the responsible gambling programme and the development of group strategy. Esben has a background in strategy consulting at H&B and Kearney, where he worked with a wide range of industries including insurance, retail, construction and services. In addition, he has taught strategy at several universities in Denmark.

Ryan entered recovery following a 15-year addiction to gambling in March 2020. At his lowest point Ryan had several guarantor loans, multiple payday loans, credit card debt and stole six-figures to help fund his addiction. Unable to come to terms with his compulsion to gamble, Ryan walked to a local flyover and contemplated taking his own life. At the start of the original coronavirus pandemic lockdown Ryan entered recovery and a short while later co-created the All Bets Are Off podcast, a gambling addiction recovery podcast that has amassed tens-of-thousands of downloads and featured guests including former professional footballers, politicians and journalists. Moreover, to date the podcast has had over 70 voices of gambling-related harm lived experience from across the globe. Ryan now works in the sector writing funding applications and helps to create and deliver prevention workshops. In his spare time, he supports others with their recovery.

Chris gambled for the first time when he was 30 having seen relentless gambling advertising which portrayed it as fun, sociable and safe. None of these turned out to be true and by the age of 35 Chris had planned to take his own life. Chris has also dealt with alcohol dependency since being an adolescent and his successful recovery began when he started to attend both Gamblers Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous on the same week. Four and five days after the planned suicide. Chris co-created the All Bets Are Off in April 2020. Four seasons down the line and still going strong season 5 is on the way. Chris also co-founded TalkGEN which is a non-profit organisation that is built ndependently and by individuals with lived experience. Its purpose is to utilise lived experience of gambling-harm to help guide gambling-harm prevention strategies. He is a volunteer as a Peer Aid Supporter for those entering recovery and enjoy writing blogs about mental health.

Oscar Berglund has supported Trustly since 2009, first as a board member and since January 2013 in full-time executive positions. He was appointed CEO in 2016. He started his career at Goldman Sachs where he spent close to five years in the Investment Banking Division based in London and Moscow. From 2007 to 2012, he was a Portfolio Manager at Alpcot Capital Management where he was part of the team that developed and launched Europe’s first actively managed equity ETF.

Britt Boeskov joined the Kindred Group (Unibet Group) as a Management Trainee in 2005, and joined the Group’s executive management team in 2008, first as Head of Marcom Services, then in 2009 as Chief Operations Officer, and most recently as Chief Programme Officer in 2016. From 1 January 2019, she is Chief Experience Officer. She has experience in leading complex strategic and transformational C-level projects, and from managing Kindred’s online and mobile gambling products. Britt holds a Master’s degree in Management from Copenhagen Business School.

Peter-Paul de Goeij is the Managing Director of the Netherlands Online Gambling Association (NOGA), the Dutch trade association for online gambling operators. De Goeij is also a member of the Advisory Board of the All-in Diversity Project, as well as the founder of Quod Bonum Consulting, an independent Dutch IT & telecom, gambling and lottery consulting firm. Peter-Paul has 20+ years international experience in the fields of gambling, telecommunications, general management, licence application, legal and regulatory and public affairs.

Hubert is one of the founders of EFDN and is an international CSR and football for development consultant. In his position at EFDN and as a consultant, he supports clubs and other football organisations with the setup and development of their CSR policy, M&E protocols, community projects and fundraising activities. Hubert has been active in the football for development sector since 2007 and has gained his experience as CEO of the Community Foundation of NAC Breda and as project manager of the Dutch “More than Football” Foundation. Since 2014, he has grown EFDN to over 130 professional clubs, leagues and FA’s from 30 European countries. Additionally, Hubert is the Chair of Show Racism the Red Card the Netherlands, a Dutch organisation focussed on educating children and adults on anti-racism.

Camilla Rosenberg came to the Swedish Gambling Authority in September 2015 as head of the operations department with responsibility for the Authority’s permit and supervisory activities, and has been acting Director-General since May 2017. She was appointed Director-General of the Swedish Gambling Authority in October 2017. Ms Rosenberg previously worked at the Swedish Energy Agency, where she held various managerial positions, including most recently that of chief legal officer. She has also previously worked at the Swedish Gambling Authority and as a tax adviser.

Yanica Sant is the General Counsel at the MGA. She joined the MGA in 2014 and has occupied the roles of Legal Advisor, Senior Legal Counsel and Head of Policy and International Affairs. As General Counsel she heads the Legal, Enforcement, International Affairs and Policy teams. She is a member of the Supervisory Council, Commercial Communications Committee, Fit and Proper Committee, and the Compliance and Enforcement Committee within the MGA. Yanica holds a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Malta, and a Master of Laws degree in Technology, Media and Telecommunications law from Queen Mary, University of London. She is a board member of GREF (Gaming Regulators European Forum), and a member of IAGR (International Association of Gambling Regulators), and IMGL (International Masters Gaming Law).

Karim Chikh is the Head of Legal and Compliance analytics at Kindred Group. Holder of an MSc in mathematics and computing, he started his career working within the pharmaceutical industry and joined Kindred Group in 2013. His team has been focusing since 2017 on detecting fraud and addiction through the analysis of online players’ behavior.

Daria Magdoiu joined Kindred in December 2016, as a Customer Support Agent for the Romanian Market, taking up the duty of the Responsible Gaming expert of her team. Following that path, she joined the Responsible Gaming team in 2018 as a Responsible Gaming Analyst, and later filled in her current role of Responsible Gaming Relationship Manager at Kindred Group. The Responsible Gambling team lead by Maris Catania, focuses on preventing and minimizing harmful gambling, while transforming it into a trusted source of entertainment and contributing positively to society.

Dr. Raian Ali joined Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar as a Professor in Information and Computing Technology in Dec 2019. He has previously worked at Bournemouth University, the UK (2012 -2019). His research has an inter-disciplinary nature, with a focus on the inter-relation between technology and human requirements and behavior. His work on Digital Addiction and Digital Wellbeing has been widely featured by mainstream media, including the BBC, Telegraph, Huffington Post, and La Stampa. He gives speeches and provides consultancy on the topic both nationally and internationally. Dr. Ali has received the Marie Curie CIG grant and other grants from prestigious sponsors in the UK and Europe for work in areas he has pioneered, e.g., software social adaptation and designing to combat digital addiction. He sits on the editorial board and organizing and program committees of leading international conferences and journals in the field of information systems, software engineering, and behavioral and social informatics. He has published over 120 articles.

Dr. Mark Griffiths is a Chartered Psychologist and Distinguished Professor of Behavioural Addiction at the Nottingham Trent University, and Director of the International Gaming Research Unit. He has spent 33 in the field and is internationally known for his work into gambling, gaming, and behavioral addictions. He has published over 1100 refereed research papers, six books, 160+ book chapters and over 1500 other articles. He has won 23 national and international awards for his work including the John Rosecrance Prize (1994), CELEJ Prize (1998), Joseph Lister Prize (2004) and the US National Council on Problem Gambling Lifetime Research Award (2013). He also does a lot of freelance journalism and has appeared on over 3500 radio and television programs, and written over 350 articles for national and international newspapers and magazines.

Mark was a professional Rugby Union player from 1999 to 2011, playing in the UK and Ireland until a twelve-year gambling disorder eventually ruined his sports career. Mark’s lived experience and powerful story of overcoming addiction demand an audience’s attention and equip Mark with the knowledge and gravitas to truly help prevent others from following the same path.

Dr. Jonathan Parke is the director of Sophro Ltd, an independent research consultancy exploring gambling behaviour and gambling harms. Jonathan publishes widely on these topics and is currently leading on some of the most innovative safer gambling projects in the field. Over the last two decades, he has examined a variety of issues in gambling studies including game design, gambling motivation, harm mitigation and the use of behavioural science in reducing risk. His previous roles include: Director of Commissioning for the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) and research positions at the International Gambling Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University, and the Centre for the Study of Gambling, University of Salford in the UK.

Responsible for Technical Strategy and Product Design – Co-designer and creator of Don’t bet YOUR LIFE on it… My background is Business Analysis and Systems Building for large Corporations. On a personal note, I have been seriously harmed by gambling as an affected other. I have not had problems with gambling myself.

Long before he was appointed CEO in 2010, Henrik Tjärnström was a part of the Kindred Group (then Unibet Group). Henrik joined the Board of Directors in 2003 and was part of the Board until 2008 where he stepped into the role as Chief Financial Officer for the Group. He holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Institute of Technology, Linköping University, Sweden. Before joining the Kindred Group, Henrik was employed as Senior Financial Manager at Skanska Infrastructure Development AB from 2001 to 2008.