UK Gambling Commission CEO Sarah Harrison has announced she will be leaving the commission at the end of February 2018 to take up a senior role with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Neil McArthur, the commission’s chief counsel and executive director, will be appointed as acting CEO until the commission hires a fulltime successor.
“The Gambling Commission has set an ambitious agenda and clear priorities for treating customers fairly and making play safer and our new three-year strategy embeds this approach for the future,” said Bill Moyes, chairman of the commission in a press release. “Sarah’s impact has been significant in shaping this direction of travel. I and my board colleagues wish Sarah every success for the future and look forward to continuing to work with her to deliver this agenda over the next few months.”
Also, Harrison said in the release: “I am proud of the work that all at the commission have delivered together. I am very confident that as the commission delivers its new strategy it will go from strength to strength and will continue to make gambling in Britain fairer and safer.”
