Harinder joined 888 William Hill in August 2022 in a newly created role as the Chief Risk Officer.  He has overall responsibility for all aspects of the management of Risk and Compliance across the global organisation.

He has 20+ years of experience in risk management working at large financial services organisations including Barclays Bank, Credit Suisse, and Bank of New York.  Prior to joining 888 William Hill he was the global Chief Compliance Officer at the digital fintech Revolut.

Hans Lord Skarplöth is the CEO of ATG since January 2013. He has an industry background from FMCG and Media and prior to joining ATG he was the CEO at Viasat Norden, payTV operator. He has worked within Finance, Sales, Business Development and in General Management positions since 2008. He is a big fan of sports in general and Swedish soccer star Zlatan in particular. He has been interested in trotting and betting for 20 years, but still consider himself an amateur of the horseracing and betting industry when joining ATG.

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 leads the industry through our carefully crafted portfolio of over 300 well-loved games, enjoyed by millions across the world. With compatibility in over 25 regulated jurisdictions globally, including launching recently in the US and Canada, 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, what markets we enter, and what kinds of games we make.

Johann Hari is the author of three New York Times best-selling books, and the Executive Producer of an Oscar-nominated movie and an eight-part TV series starring Samuel L. Jackson. His books have been translated into 38 languages, and been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah to Noam Chomsky, from Elton John to Naomi Klein.

His latest book, ‘Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention’, was published in January 2022, and received rave reviews everywhere from the Washington Post to the Irish Times to the Sydney Morning Herald. It has been a best-seller on three continents.

Johann’s first book, ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’, was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film ‘The United States Vs Billie Holiday’. It has also been adapted into a documentary series which is available to view now.

His second book, ‘Lost Connections: Uncovering The Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions’ was described by the British Journal of General Practice as “one of the most important texts of recent years”, and shortlisted for an award by the British Medical Association.

Johann’s TED talks have been viewed more than 80 million times. The first is named ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong’. The second is entitled ‘This Could Be Why You Are Depressed or Anxious’.

Johann Hari is the author of three New York Times best-selling books, and the Executive Producer of an Oscar-nominated movie and an eight-part TV series starring Samuel L. Jackson. His books have been translated into 38 languages, and been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah to Noam Chomsky, from Elton John to Naomi Klein.

His latest book, ‘Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention’, was published in January 2022, and received rave reviews everywhere from the Washington Post to the Irish Times to the Sydney Morning Herald. It has been a best-seller on three continents.

Johann’s first book, ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’, was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film ‘The United States Vs Billie Holiday’. It has also been adapted into a documentary series which is available to view now.

His second book, ‘Lost Connections: Uncovering The Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions’ was described by the British Journal of General Practice as “one of the most important texts of recent years”, and shortlisted for an award by the British Medical Association.

Johann’s TED talks have been viewed more than 80 million times. The first is named ‘Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong’. The second is entitled ‘This Could Be Why You Are Depressed or Anxious’.

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

Trung is the founder, CEO and CTO of Actable AI, a startup that offers AI and Advanced Analytics SaaS. With Actable AI, analysts can easily analyze or build predictive and causal models while making sure their predictions are least biased. Before founding Actable AI, Trung worked at multiple organizations such as Google, Goldman Sachs and Palantir as a data scientist and software engineer. Trung also holds a Master degree in Computer Science and a PhD in AI and Natural Language Processing.

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’’

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 35 in the field and is internationally known for his work into gambling, gaming, and behavioral addictions. He has published over 1300 refereed research papers, six books, 180+ book chapters and over 1500 other articles. He has won 24 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.

Working with research in the cross-section between gaming and gambling since 2019. Recently, she has been the primary content developer on a nationwide Gambling Disorder prevention platform, “Spil for Livet”, aiming to elicit open conversations on gambling and gambling-related harm among Danish teenagers.

Jesper Jarl was the producer & project manager behind “Tell it like it is!”. The project, which was the biggest of its kind to date in Denmark, focused on alcoholism, domestic violence & mental illness and was developed in collaboration with Save the Children. With three short fiction films, supporting educational material & a lecturing tour covering 95 of 98 Danish Municipalities the project presented these subjects directly to some 25.000 danish kids and youngsters between 2014-2017.

Aside from the work with educational projects Jesper is a founding partner at Sweet & Savory Film Company producing documentaries on gastronomy and sports. Their films have been selected for numerous festivals and received multiple awards within recent years.

Brendan Dowell is the Director of security at Kindred Group where he has worked in a variety of positions covering a range of disciplines in the field of cyber security since 2011. His focus is on simplifying the complex field of cyber security through building effective foundational security programs with an emphasis on resilience over compliance.

Justin Franssen is an attorney at law and partner at Kalff Katz & Franssen, where he leads the Gaming Practice. His comprehensive advisory and litigation practice regularly deals with sector-specific acquisitions and complex public affairs processes.

Prior to his admission to the Dutch Bar, Justin acted as general counsel for a gaming developer in Amsterdam and New York. His career as an attorney at law began at an associate firm of KPMG, where he founded their European Gaming & Entertainment Services Group.  He subsequently spent 12 years as head of the Gaming, Sports & Entertainment practice group at a medium-sized law firm in Amsterdam.

Justin regularly publishes in national and international professional journals, is a frequent speaker at sector events and conferences, and is on the editorial boards of Gaming Law Review & Economics and Online Gambling Lawyer. He is a board member of the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL). Justin is also member of the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) and holds a seat on the Advisory Board of the International Research Institute for Gambling and Gaming in Bonn.

Justin has received no less than eight consecutive Band 1 rankings in the Chambers Global Guide.

Peter-Paul de Goeij is the managing director of the Netherlands Online Gambling Association (NOGA), the Dutch trade association for online gambling operators. NOGA aspires to achieve and promote a safe, responsible and attractive online gambling offering in the Netherlands.

Next to MD of NOGA, De Goeij is a member of the Advisory Board of the All-in Diversity Project, member of the advisory board of Dutch quality mark for affiliates KVA and he is also the founder of Quod Bonum Consulting, an independent Dutch IT & telecom, gambling and lottery consulting firm, drawing on his 20+ years’ experience in the fields of general management, licence application, legal and regulatory and public affairs. In this capacity he currently advises Digicel Group on legal, regulatory and public affairs.

Before starting Quod Bonum, Peter-Paul broke the Dutch lottery monopoly and in June 2018 launched the first new lottery in almost 30 years. For the ZEAL Group he also spearheaded several other successful licence applications throughout Europe and he stood at the cradle of new charity lottery UNICEF-lotteriet in Norway. Prior to joining the ZEAL Group in February 2013, De Goeij built up a track record in the telecommunications industry in Europe, in the Caribbean and in the South Pacific region, where he acted in various senior and general management roles with BT Group, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Digicel Group.

Photographer: Leonard Fäustle

Rasmus Kjaergaard has been CEO of Mindway AI since December 2019.

Mindway AI is a Danish founded, now international and award-winning software company 100% focused developing and providing innovative tech solutions for fully automatic detection and monitoring of at-risk and problem gambling behavior.

Based on neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and human expert assessments’ Mindway AI works with gambling operators, incl. Entain, Flutter, and Holland Casino, platform providers, regulators, and governments to provide state-of-the-art solutions. This includes GameScanner a ‘Virtual Psychologist’ AI-based solution for earlier, more individualized, and enhanced detection, customer service, and intervention on gambling behavior. GameScanner is ready for fulfilling the new LCCP rules outlined by the UKGC coming into force September ‘22. The other solution is Gamalyze, a neuroscience-based gamification self-test as a card game, much more engaging, proactive, and less sensitive compared to traditional self-test questionnaires.

Rasmus has 20+ years of experience in commercially developing businesses based on complex B-to-B IT-solutions. He has also participated in commercially developing of another Danish IT-startup business from a small company to market leader with all the aspects regarding customer relationships, marketing, delivery of the IT solutions to the customers and supporting the customers afterwards at a very high customer service level.

Silvia joined the International Betting Integrity Association in 2018, having previously worked with the association as external consultant for four years.  Silvia has extensive knowledge of national, international, and European public affairs, having worked in this domain for a decade. She represents the association in European fora such as the European Commission and the European Parliament and also supported the involvement of IBIA the EU-funded Erasmus+ projects.

Feite Hofman had suffered from a gambling disorder for a number of years and has stopped gambling in 2010 where he worked with Gamblers Anonymous in the Netherlands to manage this. Feite also completed the addiction expert training “Beroepsopleiding tot verslavingsdeskundige” in 2021.

He is currently the chairman of the foundation AGOG in the Netherlands and helps other people who have developed a gambling disorder through meetings with this same organisation. He has initiated the organisation ‘Pas op Gamen en Gokken’ which is an awareness organisation that helps educating teachers and students about the potential issues that result from gambling.

Maris Catania is a gambling industry veteran, with more than fourteen years of game integrity and safer gambling experience. Prior to joining SG:certified as a Senior Safer Gaming Consultant, Maris was Head of Responsible Gaming and Research at Kindred.
At Kindred, Maris led its overall RG strategy, as well as several RG research projects and coordinated university and treatment centre collaborations. She was also instrumental in the concept of behavioural detection system at Kindred known as PS-EDS (Player Safety – Early Detection System) alongside Karim Chikh, who together later formed Integrity Analytics.
Maris is an instrumental player in the SG:certified team. She leads and develops up-to-date and effective content for SG:certified on safer gambling issues. In addition, she supports our clients with their safer gambling needs using the SG:certified platform.
Maris has a Diploma in Gambling Addiction Counselling and Psychology, Msc in Psychology and has a PhD focusing on consumer protection, markers of harm, and responsible gambling, at Nottingham Trent University under the guidance of the leading distinguished Professor Mark Griffiths.
She has also been awarded the Gambling Compliance Most Significant Contribution to Responsible Gambling Research for three consecutive years.

Charles Lantieri has been Deputy Chief Executive Officer of FDJ since 2006. He is also Chairman of FDP, a subsidiary which distributes lottery and betting games in mainland France, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FDJ Services, a subsidiary having a collection activity on behalf of third parties and Chairman of the FDJ Corporate Foundation.

Charles Lantieri joined FDJ while working as Head of Department and Deputy Budget Director at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, where he spent the first part of his career. He performed a range of functions at the Ministry, steering budgetary policy, preparing and implementing finance laws, as well as conducting public management reforms. He began his career at Insee (The national institute of statistics and economis studies), where he conducted macroeconomic modelling studies and medium-term forecasts.

Charles Lantieri has also served as director of several companies (Gaz de France, France Télévision, La Poste, Agence France presse, etc.) and of institutions such as Institut Pasteur and École polytechnique.

Born in 1961, Charles Lantieri is a graduate of École polytechnique and the Ensae.