Ryan Comstock, Chief Operating Officer of Australian gaming supplier Ainsworth Game Technology, has been announced new Chair of the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) at its 2025 Annual Meeting.
Comstock, who previously served as AGEM’s Treasurer, succeeds Light & Wonder’s Bob Parente as chair and will serve a two-year-term. Parente will remain on the board as Treasurer for the next 12 months.
Also elected to the Board of Directors for one-year terms were Konami EVP and COO Thomas Jingoli as Secretary plus Elaine Hodgson, President & CEO of Incredible Technologies, Luke Orchard, SVP and Chief Compliance & Risk Management Officer of IGT, David Lucchese, EVP of Sales, Marketing & Digital of Everi, Lauralyn Sandoval, Vice President of New Markets of Aristocrat Gaming and Randy Gilbert, CFO and COO of TableTrac, as directors.
AGEM said it has plans to create new positions for a forthcoming AGEM Europe Committee designee and a non-voting representative from Global Gaming Women in the months ahead.
“These efforts aim to further expand the perspectives and voices within AGEM from the global gaming supplier community,” it explained.
