Kate Chambers Steps Down As MD of Clarion Gaming

Kate Chambers who for some ten years was Managing Director of Clarion Gaming has been moved into what seems a more diluted role in charge of just the land based gambling sector for the event organiser.

In an announcement late last week Chambers and Clarion Gaming announced what they call a more “sharp focus” towards the land based industry only, an industry that has been hugely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement from Kate Chambers on the move she said:  “The role will have a sharp focus on land-based gambling and, in particular, I will be looking at how the team at Clarion can best serve our loyal and dedicated customers in a sector that has taken the brunt of the fall-out from Covid-19.

“This will involve cementing the many key partnerships that we have established, forming new collaborative relationships and exploring the creation of new brands and properties to assist the land-based segment of Clarion’s international stakeholder community.

“Clearly, this represents a change of focus for me personally, but one that provides specific and significant challenges that I am looking forward to, not least as the industry prepares for the return of ICE London in June 2021.”

However many industry insiders believe that this move is at best sideways and more a downgrade on her previous role that headed up the entire gaming section.

No details were given by Clarion Gaming on who would replace Chambers as Managing Director of Clarion Gaming or if the role with be filled at all or a dedicated person would be installed as head of Online Gambling also.

With Clarion Gaming flagship expo the ICE Gaming Expo in London having to be postponed twice already is Clarion Gaming looking to find a new chief to run what the company says is the biggest gaming show on earth?