IGA Judges

All judges are allocated categories, which are allotted to their skillset, experience and knowledge within those given categories. To avoid conflict of interest judges are not permitted to vote on possible competing categories and those which may contain companies nominations that may cause a conflict for a judge. Safer Gambling Judges request they are not named for impartiality.

The 2026 International Gaming Awards Judges

Ciara Nic Liam

Managing Director – Gaming Entain Group

Pontus Lindwall

CEO Betsson AB

Ursula Servis

Head of Public Affairs Bet365

Elen Barber

Chief Marketing Officer – Super Group

Kristiina Kerma

Head of Marketing Operations Coolbet

Alexander Stevendahl

CEO Immense Group

Mattias Wedar

CEO LeoVegas Group

Simon Westbury

Strategic Advisor 1xBet

Paul Dolman-Darrall

CEO g.games

Alex Tomic

Founder – Alea

Giorgi Tsutskiridze

CCO – Spribe

Lena Yasir

CCO ARRISE powering Pragmatic Play

Pieter Remmers

CEO – Assissa Consultancy Europe

Vardges Vardanyan

Founder Digitain Group

Dietmar Hermjohannes

Founder & Managing Partner Gamomat

Fiona Hickey

Managing Director Games Inc

Alex Wilson

Head of Marketing Division GameOn

Charles Cohen

Founder & CEO Department of Trust

Jennifer Bowman

Senior Director Marketing IGT

Vigen Badalyan

CEO Betconstruct

Sally Mohamed

Director Global iLottery Bright Star Lottery

Jurmy Menckeberg

Responsible Gaming Manager The Mill Adventure

Pencho Vlaskovski

Head of Marketing Relax Gaming

Jesper Kärrbrink

Chairman of the Board – Internet Vikings

Stevie​​​​ Shaves

Chief Operating Officer Buzz Bingo

Marina Ostrovtsova

CEO BGaming

David Richardson

Director Strategic Partnership Better Change

Richard Dennys

CEO Game Lounge

Oren Cohen Shwartz

CEO – Delasport

Dee Maher

CEO – Celesta

Marek Milewski

Operations Manager Casinos Poland

Anders Karlsen

Co-Founder & CEO – Sisu Group

Nelli Zhamagortsyan

Head of Business Development

Anna McChesney

Director of Marketing – Continent 8

Marija Hammon

Executive Brand Strategist & Visibility Coach

Sarah Robinson

Marketing Consultant

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