Due to her new appointment at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Netherlands Gambling Authority CEO Marja Appelman leaves

Her appointment at the Housing Market Directorate means that Marja Appelman will step down as the Chair of GREF (Gaming Regulators European Forum). The vice-Chair, ARJEL’s Claire Pinson, will fill the remaining period of Marja's mandate.
2018-07-10
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Her appointment at the Housing Market Directorate means that Marja Appelman will step down as the Chair of GREF (Gaming Regulators European Forum). The vice-Chair, ARJEL’s Claire Pinson, will fill the remaining period of Marja's mandate (until the Annual Meeting 2019).

After almost five years as the Chief Executive, Marja Appelman will leave the Netherlands Gambling Authority. She was appointed Executive Director of the Housing Market Directorate at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations as per 1 August.

Her appointment at the Housing Market Directorate means that Marja Appelman will step down as the Chair of GREF (Gaming Regulators European Forum). The vice-Chair, ARJEL’s Claire Pinson, will fill the remaining period of Marja's mandate (until the Annual Meeting 2019).

Marja Appelman stood on the basis of the growth and professionalisation of the Gambling Authority. The gambling regulator was established in 2012. The public goals of the Gambling Authority are consumer protection, prevention of gambling addiction and combatting illegality and crime. Under her management, the supervision of the gambling market has become more proactive, more risk based, and more focused on international cooperation.

As member of the GREF Board (first as vice-Chair [as from 2016] and then as Chair [as from 2018]), Marja Appelman contributed to making GREF ready for the future. During her inauguration as Chair, she called for a broad dialogue amongst the members about the future of the organisation.

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