MGB CEO elected vice-president of IAGR
Mlambo has been the CEO of MGB for six years now, during which period, the MGB continued to maintain its record of unqualified and clean audit reports from the Auditor General.
The CEO of the Mpumalanga Gambling Board (MGB) Mr Bheki Mlambo had his status elevated when he was elected by the International Association of Gambling Regulators, Inc (IAGR) as its vice-president.
This appointment was confirmed by the IAGR’s 2014 annual conferenceheld in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States on October 27 to 29.
He was unanimously elected by the IAGR’s board of trustees alongside the newly elected president, Ms Birgitte Sand of the Danish Gambling Authority.
Mlambo and Sand both serve on the 14-member board and by virtue of their new portfolios, will be responsible for steering the association to advance the effectiveness and efficiency of gaming regulation across the globe and to create a forum in which gaming regulations from various countries can meet, exchange views and information, and discuss policy and regulatory issues.
IAGR has a membership of 59 jurisdictions and in excess of 300 members across the globe, which is Asia/Oceania, North America, Europe, Africa and Central America/Caribbean/South America.
The organisation has created a means of fostering cooperation between gambling regulators across the world and serves as a central point of contact for inquiries by governments, gambling regulatory agencies and the international gambling industry.
Mlambo has been the CEO of MGB for six years now, during which period, the MGB continued to maintain its record of unqualified and clean audit reports from the Auditor General, while also effectively regulating the gambling industry in the province.
He is also the past chairperson of the CEOs’ forum, where he serves with CEOs from all nine gambling boards in the country and the national gambling board, developing common norms and standards for the regulation of the gambling industry in South Africa.
He also serves in the Gambling Regulators Africa Forum (GRAF).
Responding to his new role, Mlambo said, “IAGR is well placed to make a significant impact on the rapidly developing gaming industry worldwide. as the only international organisation representing gambling regulators from all over the world, we have a unique opportunity to be a collective voice for our governments, through gambling regulation.
“IAGR will continue to engage the industry and stakeholders to learn how best we can each put in place the appropriate regulations and guidelines to ensure that this highly technologically driven industry conducts its business with due regard for those vulnerable in society and the protection of its customers,” he pointed out.
The chairperson of the MGB, Mr Jerry Vilakazi, said,
“As the provincial gambling board, we are indeed privileged and proud to have a person of Mr Mlambo’s stature and integrity, leading the organisation.
We are indeed hopeful that with a person of his calibre at the helm, the Board will continue to perform its mandate with distinction.
We wish Mr Mlambo all the best in this new responsibility and have no doubt that he will acquit himself as proficiently in this new role as he has previously done in other strategic positions.”
