Maltese listed in top global Influential Women in the iGaming Industry
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Maltese Maris Bonello, head of responsible gaming and research at iGaming company Kindred, is a runner up in the Most Influential Women 2019 list, published by iGB Business.
Maris Bonello currently occupies the role of Head of Responsible Gaming and Research at Kindred. She started as a Risk and Fraud Analyst with Kindred and after receiving her Psychology MSc from the University of Leicester, took on the role of Responsible Gaming Manager.
The publishing division of ICE London organiser Clarion Gaming introduced the list in 2018 to try to redress the gender imbalance that exists at the highest levels of the gaming industry.
It aims to showcase the industry’s most accomplished women and inspire others to progress their careers within the industry.
This year’s list features women who have played key roles in transformations within their organisations, women who’ve been champions of diversity and women who’ve raised the profile of the entire sector itself.”
• Shannon DeHaven, deputy director of digital operations, Michigan Lottery
• Therese Hillman, CEO, NetEnt
• Lee-Ann Johnstone, founder, Affiliate Insider
• Mandy Ross, CIO, Tabcorp
• Anna Sainsbury, founder and chair, GeoComply
• Jamie Shea, head of sportsbook digital, DraftKings
• Karen Sierra-Hughes, director, Latin America and Caribbean government relations and business development, Gaming Laboratories International
• Micky Swindale, CEO, KPMG Islands Group
Due to an increase in both the quantity and quality of nominees this year, the judges also listed five runners-up.
These were Maris Bonello, head of responsible gaming and research at Kindred; Ellen Monaghan, director of people operations at Gambling.com; Cristina Niculae, group chief strategy officer at Gaming Innovation Group; Fiona Palmer, CEO at Gamstop; and Oksana Yanyshyn, head of product at Pragmatic Play.
Bonello currently occupies the role of Head of Responsible Gaming and Research at Kindred.
She has a Diploma in Gambling Addiction Counselling and Psychology, and is now reading for her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Mark Griffiths, focusing primarily on the analysis of the early signs of online problem gambling, responsible gaming tools and responsible gaming promotion.
Whilst recapitulating research for her role, she has started an innovative detection tool with Kindred, known as PS-EDS (Player Safety – Early Detection System).
The current Responsible Gaming approach within Kindred has also won several industry awards including in 2017 GIA Socially Responsible Operator of the Year, Global Regulatory Awards and Women in Gaming awards in 2017.
Bonello has also been awarded the Gambling Compliance Most Significant Contribution to Responsible Gambling Research for three consecutive years.
