Speakers

The London Affiliate Conference is set to bring you another knowledge packed programme of discussion panels and presentations with insights from the industry's expert speakers.

iGaming Consultant
Aideen Shortt

Aideen Shortt is a veteran in gambling industry having been involved in a range of senior since the outset of online betting and gaming over 10 years ago. Her experience includes both operator and supplier side and she is an active participant and speaker at industry events with an extensive network of contacts.

She was originally employed as part of the marketing team that launched flutter.com (now Betfair) and from there moved to...

CEO & Founder, Grimm Digital GmbH & Co. KG
Bastian Grimm

Bastian Grimm is founder and CEO of Grimm Digital. Starting his online career back in 2001 and a background in software development, nowadays he works as online marketing consultant with a strong focus on organic search engine optimization (SEO). With his company, Grimm specializes in SEO strategy consulting, training and workshops, website assessments as well as large scale link...

Head of Acquisition, PMU
Bertrand Boullay

Curiosity and thirst for knowledge have always been strong motivators in career development and advancement.
I have been working in various industries (IT, Advertising, Pharmaceuticals, Internet, Gaming) holding different marketing positions, and have accumulated more than 8 years experience in overseeing online activities.

Having worked for companies such as Yahoo! and now PMU, I have gained a profound experience and...

Founder & Director, Casinomeister
Bryan Bailey

Bryan Bailey is the founder and director of Casinomeister, one of the oldest online casino information sites - established in 1998. His veracity and "player centered" philosophy has influenced most of the pioneering online gaming entities and has proven instrumental in giving players a fair and level playing field. He is also the owner and director of GoneGambling - also established in 1998, and one of the most popular online...

Director & Head of SEO, Bronco Ltd
Dave Naylor

David Naylor, more commonly know as DaveN, started working in the SEO industry over 13 years ago. David's main motivational driving force is the belief that there is no point having a site if it doesn't rank No 1.
 
His dedication to giving clients great ROI has lead to the constant development of new optimisation techniques and the ability to see algorithmic changes before most other SEO's. David Naylor has...

CEO, SteelCast
Dave Snyder

Dave is a world renowned Internet Marketing Consultant. He has spoken around the world on the topics of search marketing and social media, and has consulted for some of the worlds largest companies on the topics. Dave parlayed his gifts as a former teacher and writer into his current role as a thought leader in the arena of search marketing. He is also one of the publishers of SearchEngineJournal and DailySEOTip, where he shares his unique...

Legal Counsel, Gzesh Law Offices
David Gzesh

David provides poker and online gaming industry clients an understanding of their business issues and goals, drawn from experience for years spent as an online poker network operator and software provider. David also brings legal expertise from 20+ years’ experience advising both online and B&M gaming operators in a number of jurisdictions, both in the US and overseas. Elected in 2010 as a General Member of the International...

CEO & Founder, Kyoogi Ltd
Henrik Mandal

Henrik founded Kyoogi in 2009 to make it easier for players to find games and offers directly on their mobile phones.  Working with many of the leading sportsbook and casino operators, Kyoogi runs and support several fast growing mobile gaming affiliate portals for mobile players and offers revenue share based turnkey affiliate mobile solutions to affiliates and webmasters.

Prior to Kyoogi, Henrik has experience from the...

Editor iGamingFrance.com

Jake Pollard is editor of iGamingFrance.com, the leading news and information resource for the recently-regulated online gaming and betting French market.

France issued its first igaming licenses in June this year and activity levels among operators, suppliers and companies related to the sector has been relentless as stakeholders look to position themselves in what will be a key European market for the sector. Key issues begin...

Head of Acquisition, Rey8
Jaki Becker

Jaki Becker is a consultant who is currently the Head of Acquisition for www.rey8.com, a  Casino and Poker start-up...

Marketing Manager, mFortune
James Goode

James has responsibility in leading the marketing strategy for mFortune Mobile Casino. mFortune is the largest mobile casino in the UK and also the world. Despite being only 3 years old, mFortune has rapidly grown, with over 1.5 million players and has established itself as a dominant force within the eGaming industry.

James works on the full marketing mix in this fast paced and ever changing environment. This includes affiliate...

Partner, Harris Hagan
John Hagan

Specialising in all aspects of online and land based gambling law, John is recognised by the independent Guides as a leading gambling lawyer and is described as "popular with clients because of the lengths to which he goes to understand their specific needs".

John qualified in 1993 and practised as a commercial litigator before specialising in gambling law in 1998. He has advised many of the world's largest gambling...

Head of Business Development, Novenix Corp. – Key Provider for Bodog Asia
John Lee

As a key marketing provider for Bodog Asia, John Lee directs Business Development which includes Affiliates, White Label Partners and Software Licensees. Bodog Asia has been one of the few Western Gaming brands that have penetrated the Asian Market successfully and currently thriving.  One key to Bodog Asia’s success is through online Affiliates which is a fairly young marketing channel in Asia.

Prior to working with...

CEO, GamRep
John Samson

With more than 7 years experience in online advertising, John Samson is known as “Mr France” of the gaming industry. John Samson speaks at LAC as the CEO of GamRep, an advertising monetization service for mid-level and top gaming French media and affiliates. GamRep manages and optimizes their advertising revenues with French licensed operators and mainstream advertisers.

Founder of Snoopy Agency, he has been involved in...

Affiliate Coach, Gaffg.com
John Wright

John is an affiliate coach and the main editor at Gaffg.com which is a site that promotes affiliate programs and offers webmaster tips and articles to help them accelerate their business. John graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating he pursued a career in professional gambling in 2002 and also playing online casinos and poker. He also has experience with affiliate sites and...

Head of Search, Beyond
Judith Lewis

Judith Lewis was one of the judges for the inaugural UK Search Awards and is the coordinator for London Girl Geek Dinners.  She is a specialist online marketer with skills in SEO, PPC, social media marketing as well as other digital marketing techniques. Her clients include Google, Amadeus, & Mimecast.

Judith comes from a very technical background, having gotten online in Toronto, Canada in 1986.  She has been working...

Founder, KSOM.es
Kay Schaefer

Kay Schaefer studied business administration & marketing before he settled on internet marketing and SEO. He started to work as an international SEO consultant in 2004. His main specialty is improving a company's search engine visibility using creative and unique link building strategies. His client portfolio includes companies in online gaming and other industries outside of gaming.

Recently he has worked on a major real...

CEO of Peak Interactive/Focal Click
Matthew Kelemen

Beginning his gaming career in November 1998, Matthew is considered one of the foundational members of the online gaming industry. Over the last 13 years, his career has taken him through three countries (Antigua, Sweden and Canada), overseeing numerous employees and managers while holding senior executive level positions in gaming, operations, development, marketing and start-up management in two of the largest supply companies; Boss Media...

Co-founder Wincomparator.com

After attaining a Master’s Degree in Marketing & Strategy, from University Paris IX Dauphine, Maxime Combarieu has accumulated 13 years of experience in Internet Marketing. 

He has evolved in different business environments such as e-commerce (2xmoinscher.com, sold to 3 Suisses/Otto Group in 2007), online advertising/performance marketing (tradedoubler.com) and media (Le Figaro, Wincomparator.com). Inside those...

CEO, theMediaFlow
Nicolla Stott

Nichola is CEO of theMediaFlow, a new search and social media agency and has over a decade of experience in online communications. Prior to founding theMediaFlow in 2009, Nichola spent four years at Yahoo! as head of UK commercial search partners. Nichola is extremely passionate about search and social media, and is a well-respected industry writer, contributing regularly to SearchEngineWatch, State of Search, Econsultancy and SEO-Chicks....

Global Head of Search, Unibet

Nick Garner is a recognised expert in SEO and social media within the gaming industry, with a long track record of commercial success. Nick works for Unibet, the large European bookmakers with 4.5m registered customers. He works within online acquisition and is head of search with responsibility for SEO, PPC, Social Media, Refer a Friend and has oversight on some of Unibet’s conversion optimisation activities.
 
An...

CEO, Income Access
Nicky Senyard

As Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Income Access, Nicky has proven herself to be a visionary entrepreneur and distinguished corporate leader. A pioneer of the iGaming affiliate marketing industry, Nicky has driven notable enterprise growth and unparalleled expansion every year since 2001.

An instantly recognizable and respected member of the iGaming community, Nicky often attends and actively participates at industry...

Industry Head Export, Google Israel
Nir Korczak

Nir  is an Industry Head of Google Israel, managing the entire export activity of the company– covering business and commercial relationships between Tech, Media, Gambling, Forex and Binary Options companies in Israel and Google. Nir has been working for Google for 5 years and he is part of Google Israel management team.

Nir joined Google after working at Amdocs for 3 years as a senior business consultant in the system...

Senior Market Development Manager, OpenMarket
Oisin Lunny

Oisin Lunny is part of the Market Development team at OpenMarket, looking at new verticals and strategic business and technology opportunities for the company.

Oisin's background of over 21 years in technology and media includes roles as UK Managing Director for the worlds largest social space for teens,  Habbo Hotel, and Global CDN Product Manager for Media Services at Interoute Communications, Europe's largest...

SEO Consultant, MediaSkunkWorks

Paul Reilly has worked in Search Marketing for over 12 years and has earned multiple awards and honours. Today Paul is regarded by as one of the UKs most Influential SEOs, and is the first port of call for most iGaming brands.
 
He is widely known in the iGaming & SEO industry for his previous work in building the world’s most effective and technologically advanced SEO department.
 
Paul is the...

Partner, Memery Crystal LLP
Peter Wilson

Peter specialises in gambling law and regulatory investigations. Peter's gambling practice has built up over 20 years expanding from advising UK land based businesses to an international igaming practice with clients in over a dozen jurisdictions. Peter acts for some of the leading gambling operators and institutions both online and land based.  He is known for his comprehensive industry knowledge and sensible, practical...

Regional Head of SEO, Mediacom
Peter Young

Peter has quietly been around the search and affiliate industry for around ten years now. Peter is the Regional head of SEO for Mediacom, having previously headed up similar positions at Mediavest, Brilliant Media and Amaze.

Passionate about search, Peter founded Holistic Search however he also writes for European search marketing blog State of Search and Search News Central. Further to that Peter was responsible for the developing...

Founder, Bookmakers Review
Pierluigi Buccioli

A recreational gambler for most of his adult life, when in the early 2000  betting exchanges were born, Pierluigi started betting professionally and for few years made a living trading on betting exchanges.

At the same time in his moderating role for the largest Italian betting forum, he helped players with complaints and eventually at the end of 2003 founded BookmakersReview.com. Over the following years, rating online...

EMEA Director of Marketing, Silverpop
Richard Evans

With more than a decade of experience in the field of email marketing, Evans currently leads Silverpop’s marketing efforts throughout EMEA. Prior to his role in EMEA, he managed product marketing for Silverpop, developing the company’s go-to-market strategy for its Engage product line.

Before joining Silverpop, Evans was vice president of interactive services at Target Resource Group, where he spearheaded the...

CEO, Donkr
Robin Reed

Robin has been involved in the affiliate industry for several years, joining Donkr in 2007 as Affiliate Manager before becoming CEO in 2009 and guiding the company to its position as one of the leading Poker Affiliates in the industry.

Robin will be speaking on Day 2 – Saturday 28th January
11:45-...

Co-founder, Bingoport.co.uk
Scott Logan

Scott Logan is the co-founder of the largest and most respected free online bingo community in the UK, BingoPort.co.uk.  Having been in the online gaming industry for 14 years as an affiliate, operator and consultant, Scott’s focus on online bingo has made his company, through their Bingo Trends product, a sought after industry commentator and authority.  Scott...

Gambling Consultant
Steve Donoughue

Steve Donoughue is one of the UK's leading management consultants who specialises in the gambling industry, both offline and online. He provides strategic advice in every sector of the industry; casinos, betting, bingo, poker, slots, lotteries and in every channel; land-based, online, mobile and interactive television. Over his 16 years’ experience advising gambling operators, regulators, suppliers and professional advisory firms...

Partner Manager, International Distribution – Ukash
Tiago Coimbra Domingues

Tiago Coimbra has been Partner Manager for International Distribution at Ukash for over 1 year and previously had 5 years of B2B Account and Relationship Management in the Financial and Corporate sectors. Currently working extensively in the Iberia and Latam regions, acquiring new distribution networks as well as developing business with local Gambling (and other) merchants.

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Head of Betting & Gaming, Ukash
Tom Chandler

Almost 5 years experience in the betting and gaming sector in various business development roles. Currently managing the gambling business at Ukash looking for new partners as well as increasing revenue from existing operators.

Tom will be speaking on Day 2 – Saturday 28th January
11:45-12:45 Promoting...