Britain’s Gambling Commission has appointed Nick Rust because the inaugural chair of its newly hooked up Industry Forum.
Rust will function chair for a two-yr term, having formerly held outstanding positions withinside the playing and recreation sectors, along with a six-yr tenure as CEO of the British Horseracing Authority.
The Industry Forum is made from participants from Britain’s playing quarter and sits along the Commission’s different stakeholder engagement projects and advisory groups, along with the Lived Experience Advisory Panel, the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling, and the Digital Advisory Panel.
Rust presently serves as chair of the Starting Price Regulatory Commission and as a non-govt director of Redcar Racecourse. He is likewise a founding companion of GVS EQ, a agency specialising in equine sports, and is a trustee of the Injured Jockeys Fund.
“I am extremely joyful that Nick has been appointed because the inaugural chair of the Commission’s Industry Forum,” stated Gambling Commission chair Marcus Boyle. “Nick’s large information of the playing quarter makes him a treasured asset, and I am assured he’ll paintings with us to create a efficient and insightful Industry Forum.”