The crown corporation’s Vice President of Safer Gambling, Aaron GlynWilliams, announced four additions to his team on LinkedIn this week, including two former Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) personnel.
Nicole Hanna, the AGCO’s former public policy and regulatory compliance specialist, has joined the lottery as its new director of policy and controls, and the commission’s manager of innovation and insights, Aaron Henry, is now OLG’s senior manager of compliance.
In addition, ex-Ontario Technical Standards and Safety Authority director of strategic analytics Viola Dessanti will serve as OLG’s director of player risk monitoring and intervention, and former York Region Rapid Transit Corporation VP of communications Danielle Goodridge has been appointed to the role of director of strategy and governance.
“Over the past year, we’ve been evolving safer gambling into an enterprise-wide capability focused on prevention, early identification of risk and meaningful interventions across digital, land-based and retail play,” wrote GlynWilliams. “This work is about putting players first while supporting a sustainable, trusted gaming system. I’m excited to welcome and recognize an incredible leadership team that will help lead and scale this work.
“I’m grateful for the trust of this leadership team and the support across the organization as we continue to strengthen safer gambling in a way that is proactive, evidence-informed and truly player-focused.”
This spate of hires on the safer gambling side comes after OLG promoted from within a few weeks ago to name vice president and digital product specialist Amanda Marshall to the executive role of chief lottery officer.