The International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA) has named John English as its new Chairman and Earle G Hall as its Vice Chairman as part of a new-look Board of Directors.
Also on the Board is Syed Hussain, Chief Information Officer for Oregon Lottery; Bala Kuthyar, VP of Software Engineering for Light and Wonder; Martin Pedak, Director of Technical Compliance for Playtech; and Nimish Purohit, Global Vice President of Quality – Gaming at Aristocrat Gaming.
“The 2022 Board of Directors leadership aligns perfectly with our online gaming and sports betting strategy for the coming year,” said IGSA President, Peter DeRaedt.
“Moreover, we are very excited about the election of John English as our new chairman. John has been instrumental in developing regulations for the legalization of sports betting and online gaming throughout his career. His expertise and commitment to the evolution of online gaming and sports betting as well as cyber risk management are timely as IGSA accelerates and deepens our focus on these key areas that our industry will require new and more evolved standards for.”
English, who is also Managing Director of Maxxsure, added, “I am honored to join IGSA at such a pivotal moment in the evolution of the global gaming industry.
“Our industry is evolving rapidly with sports betting and online gaming legalization and legislation. The support, guidance and leadership to adapt to the ever-changing environment has been the hallmark of IGSA.
“The IGSA Board of Directors will provide the necessary leadership to create, evolve and enhance standards to make our industry safer and more adaptable to an ever-increasing rate of change.”
Earle G Hall is the CEO of AXES.ai, which utilizes cloud-based blockchain security to produce analytics for the land-based casino industry.
IGSA is a technical standards development organization dedicated to the creation and evolution of standards and protocols to the betterment of the global gaming industry.
