People news 12 March 2015
The latest people news from the egaming industry in the last seven days (6 March to 12 March 2015)
William Hill PR director Kate Miller departs
Miller leaves her post at the UK operator to join PR firm Golin as head of media
William Hill’s PR director Kate Miller has left to join public relations and communications firm Golin after more than seven years working at the UK operator.
Miller, the daughter of a former Ascot bookmaker, originally joined the London-headquartered company in 2008 as a PR executive from bookmaker Blue Square where she held the same role for nearly four years.
In August 2010 she was appointed William Hill’s head of racing media, a role she held for two years, before becoming PR director in June 2012 covering consumer, trade and corporate communications.
Miller is set to leave the firm the weekend of the Grand National in April and told eGaming Review she was looking forward to her new role.
Dutch State Secretary for Security and Justice Fred Teeven stepped down this week in a move which could lead to possible delays to the country’s egaming regulation.
According to reports, Teeven, a driving force behind the push for a liberal licensing framework, was one of two ministers to resign after they were found to have misled parliament over a compensation payment to a convicted drug trafficker.
Teeven was behind efforts to change the country’s online gambling legislation, which were accepted by the government last year, and now there are fears that his departure could push back the opening of the market.
Seven days in people news:
Spain’s gambling regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) has announced the appointment of José Antonio GarcÃa GarcÃa as its new deputy director general of management and institutional relations.
GarcÃa originally joined the regulator in September 2011 as a technical advisor before taking up the role of assistant deputy director general of management and institutional relations in April 2013.
He previously worked as a telecommunications engineer and held numerous IT roles, including at the Ministry of Education, after graduating from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
The Gaming Standards Association (GSA) has elected a new board of directors with representatives from supplier giants such as Playtech and GTECH joining the group.
International Game Technology’s Adrian Marcu will continue to serve as chair of the GSA while Scientific Games’ Mark Pace is named vice chair.
“GSA’s leadership and board membership represent the wide diversity that comprises the global gaming industry,” GSA president, Peter DeRaedt, said.
We are honored to have these esteemed individuals at GSA’s board, each of whom are committed to delivering the freedom and power to do what you want through GSA’s innovative and industry-leading protocols and standards,” he added.