Gambling Commission announces appointment of Kirsty Caldwell as interim chair of Industry Forum

Having been a member of the Forum since March 2024, Kirsty Caldwell will serve as Interim-Chair whilst recruitment begins to appoint a substantive Chair to succeed Nick Rust, whose term as Chair ended in November 2025.

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With an extensive background in compliance, Kirsty Caldwell now runs Betsmart Consulting, an organisation she founded in 2019. Kirsty has said:

“I am delighted to be taking on this role. I remain fully committed to building a healthy, respected gambling sector, and cooperation and communication between regulator and industry is key to achieving this. We may not get it right every time, but the important thing is we learn from our mistakes, we keep talking and we keep moving forwards”

The Industry Forum is made up of members from Britain’s gambling sector. They will provide the Commission with insight into the views of industry about the Commission’s plans, their services to the industry and consumers, and provide insight into the wider environment in which they operate.

source: gamblingcommission.gov.uk