Britain’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has announced the appointment of Entain’s group corporate affairs director, Grainne Hurst, as the Council’s new CEO. Hurst joins the BGC from her previous role at Entain. The appointment comes as part of a wider restructuring of the BGC’s senior leadership.
It follows January’s announcement that Brigid Simmonds will step down as the BGC’s chair. At the time, it was announced that Michael Dugher would serve as CEO “until a replacement is found”.
Current BGC CEO Michael Dugher will now move to become chair, replacing outgoing chair Brigid Simmonds OBE.
Simmonds has been the BGC chair since its inception in 2019, overseeing the representation of the UK’s gambling industry.