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Dear Members,
In
reference to the IAGR Board’s call for nominations where the IAGR Board
of Trustees announced four available positions plus three Trustees seeking re-election for their positions, by nomination deadline of
Wednesday, September 28, the IAGR Secretary had received five nominations.
As
the number of nominees is fewer than the number of
vacancies, the nominees are automatically confirmed as members of the
Board of Trustees as of November 1st (Election date, ref. call for
nomination). An election process involving IAGR members will therefore
not be necessary.
Their
service term will take effect with the Annual Meeting held in conjunction with the Sydney 2016 Conference.
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Trude Felde Senior Advisor Norwegian Gaming & Foundation Authority
Trude Hogseth Felde works for the Norwegian Gaming and Foundation
Authority. She has a Master degree in Law, and has worked for the
Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority since August 2001. Her special
area is regulation of the Norwegian market, Internet gaming, EU
gambling regulation and social gaming/gambling.
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Reuben Mabutho Zwane Chief Executive Officer Eastern Cape Gambling and Betting Board
Mabutho Zwane was
appointed to the position of the Chief Executive Officer by the Eastern Cape
Gambling and Betting Board (ECGBB) in December 2009. He is responsible for
providing strategic direction and leadership to the Board and advising the
Board on all gambling related matters. Having joined the ECGBB in 2003, he has
over 13 years in gambling regulation with a particular focus on audit and
compliance.
Mabutho is a graduate of
the University of Technology in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, and finished the
Executive Development Programme at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA in 2007.
He is currently busy with Masters Degree in Business Administration at the Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. |
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Trustees Serving Second & Final Term |
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Blair Cairncross Executive Director New Zealand Gambling Commission
Blair Cairncross is the Executive Director of the New Zealand Gambling
Commission, a role that he has held since December 2007. Prior to this,
he was the Senior Legal Advisor to the Gambling Commission.
Previously Mr. Cairncross was a lawyer in private practice having
worked in New Zealand and the United Kingdom in the areas of civil and
commercial litigation.
Mr. Cairncross has a BA and LLB from the University of Waikato in New Zealand.
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| David Rebuck Director New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement
David L. Rebuck was nominated by Governor Chris Christie on April 29,
2011 to be the Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming
Enforcement, the casino regulatory agency within the Department of Law
and Public Safety.
Rebuck was appointed as Assistant Attorney General on May 9, 2011 by
Attorney General Paula Dow. Rebuck was confirmed by the New Jersey
Senate on January 9, 2012. He was officially sworn in on January 24,
2012.
Rebuck has served as an attorney for 23 years as a Deputy Attorney
General for the State of New Jersey and specializes in policy guidance
and regulatory reform. He was assigned to the Governor’s Office as a
Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Christie in February 2010 and assisted
in the Governor’s initiative to reinvigorate Atlantic City and
participated in overseeing regulatory reform efforts as a member of
Governor Christie’s Red Tape Review Group.
Rebuck joined the Department of Law & Public Safety in January 1988
as a Deputy Attorney General. He was instrumental in providing legal
advice in the review of programs and operations within the department
and assisted in the evaluation of the performance of various agencies in
accomplishing their mandated governmental role and in the development
and implementation of corrective action.
Rebuck earned a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College in 1974. He
earned a master’s degree in higher education administration from the
University of Vermont in 1978, and earned his law degree from Delaware
Law School of Widener University in 1986. Rebuck was Associate Dean of
Student Life at Ursinus College from 1978 through 1986, and was
Assistant to the President of Radford University from 1986 through 1988.
He is a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bar.
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| Birgitte Sand Director Danish Gambling Authority
Birgitte Sand is Director of the Danish Gambling Authority. She took up
her current position after several years of work as a member of the
Executive Board of the Copenhagen Tax Center.
Birgitte Sand holds a master’s degree in Law from the University of
Copenhagen; 1985. She started her career in the Danish court of
Taxation and moved on to a wide range of different tasks and management
positions in the Ministry of Taxation covering legal advice on corporate
tax structures and tax on private companies and property, the central
IT department and projects regarding leadership, innovation, strategy,
change of organizational structures and the development of a nationwide
IT salary system. She was for many years also a member of the Board
covering the nationwide planning of tax compliance projects.
Since late 2011 Birgitte Sand has been a member of the International
Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) Board of Trustees and chair of
the IAGR Membership Subcommittee; she has served as Vice President of
the association since October 2013 and served as IAGR President until
October 2015. |
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We appreciate the willingness of these
individuals to commit their time to
lead IAGR over the next few
years. And I look forward to
introducing them to our members at the Sydney 2016 Conference!
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My best regards,
Bheki Mlambo IAGR President
On behalf of the IAGR Board of
Trustees |
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