The initiative was launched by UKGC Chairman Marcus Boyle in September 2023, to establish an Industry Forum providing feedback from licensed operators accommodating new regulatory and compliance demands across their platforms.
The Industry Forum is recognised as the UKGC’s fourth ‘special advisory’, in which the regulator is currently supported by the Lived Experience Panel, the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling, and the Digital Advisory Panel.
At the close of 2023, the Commission confirmed the appointment of Nick Rust (OBE), former Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), as the first chair of the Industry Forum.
The former Managing Director of Ladbrokes UK, Coral Group, and BSkyB Gaming, Rust will serve a three-year tenure as inaugural chair of the Industry Forum.
The Commission announced that Rus..