After serving the last 10 months as acting president and CEO of the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC), Kandice Machado has been officially appointed to the role for a five-year term.
With more than 19 years of firsthand experience with AGLC, Machado is a well-known and respected professional within the liquor, gaming and cannabis industries, the body announced in a statement. She was the successful candidate in an extensive public recruitment process lead by the AGLC board, whose members made the final choice. Machado will assume the role immediately.
“Kandice Machado is a highly experienced and capable executive,” said Travis Toews, minister of finance and president of the treasury board. “I’m confident her expertise both internally at AGLC as well as externally within the gaming, liquor and cannabis sectors will serve the organization well.”
Len Rhodes, board president, said, “Kandice’s steady guidance and focus on meaningful collaboration with our stakeholders has shown she is the right leader as we move forward to modernize policies to remove unnecessary barriers for industry while supporting consumer choice, innovation and economic growth. On behalf of the board, I am pleased to congratulate her on this well-deserved appointment.”
Machado joined AGLC in 2002 and has held a variety of senior roles in the organization, including vice president of corporate services and chief financial officer. She acted in the role through the recruitment period, successfully supporting business continuity through the Covid-19 pandemic, regulatory modernization and reduction of red tape and a renewed focus on customer-centric services. Machado reports to the AGLC board.
Machado said she is “very proud of the work AGLC and its employees are doing to modernize our processes, reduce red tape and provide a regulatory environment that gives Albertans choices they can trust. I’m excited to take on this role and to continue collaborating with stakeholders, to grow our industries and contribute to Alberta’s economic recovery.”
