Andrew Rhodes is reportedly set to join Hawkbridge after leaving his role as chief executive of the UK Gambling Commission. The commission said in February that Rhodes would step down on 30 April 2026 to take a new role, but did not identify his next employer.
The reported move would take the departing gambling regulator chief executive into a commercial gaming-related role.
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Former Gambling Commission executive director Tim Miller launched GamReg Consulting after leaving the regulator in September, according to the report. Miller will serve as managing director and said the consultancy would advise governments, regulators and other stakeholders on issues including illegal gambling, consumer protection and regulation. The company said it had begun developing relationships with regulators and government stakeholders in North America.
The UK Gambling Commission is seeking a chief executive after Andrew Rhodes left in April, with applications due by 23 October, according to the recruitment notice. The role pays £190,000 a year and requires the successful candidate to lead the Illegal Markets programme, deliver a return on HM Treasury’s three-year investment from 2026/27, and oversee domestic reforms and National Lottery regulation.
Tim Miller is to step down as the Gambling Commission’s executive director for policy and enforcement in September, after 10 years at the regulator. The Commission said he will take a role outside the British regulated gambling industry, supporting gambling regulatory systems internationally.
Reportedly, Former Push Gaming chief operating officer Andy Bentley and partners at Harris Hagan have unveiled LiSense. They say it can review over 300,000 data points daily from the UKGC register and detect updates that manual reviews often overlook.
Sarah Fox will move from DCMS to lead the Gambling Commission’s Policy, Research and Statistics functions and National Lottery regulation. She has led DCMS’s Gambling and Lotteries team for four years and brings more than 23 years of Civil Service experience.
Sarah Fox, a senior leader at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), is to join the Gambling Commission's Executive Team on secondment, the Commission announced on 29 July 2026. Fox will lead the Commission's Policy and Research and Statistics functions and National Lottery regulation.