Sarah Fox will join the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) executive team following four years leading the UK government’s gambling and lotteries team.
Fox is seconded from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and take responsibility for the regulator’s policy, research and statistics functions and its oversight of the National Lottery.
She has previously led the department’s work covering the Gambling White Paper and its implementation, the transition to the Fourth National Lottery Licence and policy areas including society lotteries and horse racing. She has more than 23 years of Civil Service experience across the Home Office, Department of Health and Social Care, Cabinet Office, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and DCMS.
Her appointment follows the decision by Tim Miller, Executive Director of Policy & Research, to leave the UKGC in September after 10 years. Miller will take up a role outside the UK gambling industry, supporting governments, regulators and other organisations developing and overseeing gambling regulatory systems internationally.
Sarah Gardner, Acting CEO of UKGC, says: “Sarah Fox’s role will be a vital one as we complete the final stages of the implementation of the White Paper, assess the impacts of these changes and continue to ensure the interests of National Lottery players are protected and that returns to Good Causes are maximised.”
Sarah Fox adds: “The opportunity to cross over to the Commission and help the team continue making gambling safer, fairer and crime free is one I am really excited to take.”
