White Hat Gaming appointed Leon Thomas as chief commercial officer on 29 September 2026, the company said. Thomas previously held senior roles at Hard Rock Digital, Entain, Microgaming and IWG, and most recently led Hard Rock Digital’s international expansion as vice-president.
The appointment puts a commercial executive with operator and supplier experience in charge of White Hat Gaming’s growth across regulated markets.
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Reportedly, Dan Taylor has become group CEO of Flutter. Other developments involved Allwyn’s appointment of a new chief technology officer and personnel changes at White Hat Gaming, Aristocrat and Yggdrasil.
Reportedly, Gaming Laboratories International appointed Gavin Isaacs as an adviser to its board. Isaacs previously served as chief executive of Scientific Games and Entain.
Gavin Isaacs has joined GLI’s board in an advisory role, according to the headline. He stepped down as Entain chief executive last year after five months, the report said.
Entain said it has begun consulting on changes to its customer care operation that could remove up to 400 roles across multiple locations. The company said the roles represent part of its approximately 2,000-person customer care workforce and linked the changes to efforts to address higher UK gambling taxes.
Norway-based networking start-up Intro.community appointed former Microgaming and NYX Gaming Group executive David Flynn as chairman, according to the company announcement reported on 3 September 2026. Former Kindred Group executive Britt Boeskov also joined the board as the business prepares an invite-only expansion of its platform this autumn.