iGB Affiliate Awards

Corey Padveen is a Partner at t2 Marketing International, and the author of Marketing to Millennials for Dummies, as well as a contributing author to Digital Marketing All-in-One for Dummies.

With almost two decades of digital marketing and affiliate experience within the retail, payments and the fast paced iGaming industry, Lee-Ann Johnstone is an award winning digital marketing strategist and affiliate management coach. In 2018 she started AffiliateINSIDER, a Google News approved curated content hub and affiliate marketing agency. She was recently voted one of the Top 10 Most Influential Women in iGaming by IGB Affiliate in 2019 and helps brands implement best practice within their affiliate marketing teams. She runs an exclusive Affiliate Manager Coaching program: AMPP (Affiliate Marketing Performance Program).Lee-Ann’s ethos is all about keeping Affiliate Marketing, Simple.

Ben is the Co-Founder of RB Capital, a specialist M&A and funding brokerage, combining best-in-breed expertise for growth, investment and M&A across gaming, fintech and media verticals. Ben has more than 20 years’ commercial experience across technology and media, of which the last ten have been deeply embedded in the online gambling and blockchain sectors, subsequently Ben sits on a number of advisory boards for Fin-Tech and iGaming companies across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

An iGaming veteran, with a specialty in Affiliate Management, Claire launched her own consultancy business back in 2017 to assist operators with launching and growing their affiliate business within the iGaming space.

Simon Collins is an investor focused on the development and growth of new gaming opportunities. He has a 25-year track record of launching and building valuable iGaming brands. Simon was a co-founder of Foxy Bingo owner Cashcade Ltd prior to its sale to bwin.party for £96m in July 2009, going on to become managing partner of bwin.party-backed investment fund New Game Capital. He then launched mobile gaming start-up Gaming Realms plc with his fellow Cashcade founders. Following the sale of its real-money subsidiary in 2019, he joined News UK as MD, Betting & Gaming, where he oversaw the development and growth of brands including Dream Team, Sun Bingo, and Sun Racing. After departing the role earlier this year he is now working on new opportunities.

Elaine is Affiliate Operations Manager, TAG Media. Elaine has over 14 years’ experience in the iGaming affiliate industry, and has held various positions throughout the years from Affiliate Manager to Head of Affiliates and everything else in between

As an iGaming CRM consultant with20+ years of industry experience, Shahar Attias has helped both startups and publicly traded operators to optimize their Player Retention efforts and Internal Marketing Strategies. Following senior executive roles with 888, Playtech and Pokerstars, he has founded Hybrid Interaction Ltd., the premier online gaming consulting firm, and has held more than 150 successful projects. Among his clients are Hard Rock NJ, Holland Casino, Grand Casino Baden, Horizons Casino, Groupe Barrière, Entain / GVC / BwinParty / Sportingbet / Bet.pt, IGT, William Hill, BetConstruct, Pin-up.ru, EvoPlay, bgo, Win2day, DazzleTag and Platin.

Helen Waltonis founder and CCO of G. She started her career at Unilever and has worked with Boots, Frucor, Tate Britain, PZ Cussons and dozens of other brands. She describes herself as a dealmaker, writer and marketer who enjoys solving problems, trying out ideas and making things happen.

Kevin Dale has spent the last 20 years in online gaming and runs data and advisory company egamingmonitor.com, which covers 36,000 games from 1,200 suppliers across 1,300 operators. He was previously CEO of online skill gaming company, GAN plc, and also Marketing Director at Betfair, Sportingbet and Eurobet.

Christina Thakor-Rankin is co-founder of the All-in Diversity Initiative, which advocates for a data-driven approach to improving inclusion in gaming, and also runs a consultancy business. Her career in the industry spans 25 years and the whole betting and gambling ecosystem, including land-based, online and mobile gaming. She firmly believes that diversity and inclusion are critical to success in business.

Shona is the Head of Strategic Events for the leading sports betting affiliate Better Collective, where she is creating a series of awards based on data to help consumers find the best bookie for them. With over 15years of experience in the iGaming sector, much of that focussed on the affiliate market, Shona has been responsible for the creation and development of some of the industry’s biggest events, including iGB Live!, LAC, Sports Betting USA and ICE.

Laura Da Silva is the founder and director of DigitalRG.net, a cloud platform specialising in helping companies assess corporate social responsibility, sports integrity and responsible gaming risks and put a plan in place to address them. She is a regular speaker on Corporate Social Responsibility and how companies can do well by doing and being good. With gaming clients on four continents, she reinvests or donates a percentage of the company's profits in environmental or social projects.

Alex is an igaming veteran of 13 years and is currently responsible for running the UK digital media and Affiliate programme at William Hill and Mr Green. Alex has worked for a number of operators throughout his career in the gaming industry, during which time he has won multiple iGB Affiliate awards at an individual and programme level.

David da Silva brings a unique combination of regulated gaming and digital media
entertainment experience to the helm of Easyodds.com. Easyodds delivers odds comparison
across a vast range of sporting events and markets as well as bookmaker offers which
enable punters to maximise their return on betting. David’s mission is to continue to build
on this promise by creating more value for a growing base of users

Erica Anderson is the VP of Marketing, iGaming & Income Access, at Paysafe Group. Her role
focuses on developing the marketing strategy for the Income Access brand, as well as the
igaming division of Paysafe. Holding over a decade’s industry experience, she also oversees
the company’s in-house affiliate management team and its suite of digital marketing
services being offered to leading global igaming brands

Gareth Mulley runs the marketing practice within Pentasia across Europe,
Latam and the Middle East. He is passionate about affiliate marketing and
recruiting the best talent into positions within operators and affiliate
businesses focusing on the igaming sector.

Peter is the founder and CEO of sci:ent, a company focused on delivering technology to the
igaming industry through its bespoke technology-at-source business model. He has been
involved in the design and delivery of tech for the industry for almost 20 years, having worked
with a number of industry leaders delivering innovative platforms and solutions during his
career. He is also a passionate advocate for D&I within the industry (and in general).