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This list showcases the top Sydney based CEO’ operating in the Gaming space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jodi Stanton
CEO & Co-founder of Rush Gold
Winner Fintech Business Awards 2019 for Femtech Leader of the Year. Finnie Awards finalist for our global go-to-market innovation. Finalist for My Business Fintech of the Year Award. Finalist for in the Entrepreneur/Founder category of the 2020 Women Leading Tech Awards. Spent over 25 years founding, advising, working for, investing in and securing funding for businesses across technology, financial services and digital currencies. Investment Director for venture capital, private equity and alternative asset manager M.H. Carnegie & Co and served on the investment committee for the Sydney Angels’ Side Car Fund. Started career as an actuary in the US, focused on asset-liability matching with Aetna and Unum. Earned a BS in mathematics and computer science, and an MBA from Yale, focused on Investment Management, and moved to Wall Street as an advisor in risk to firms such as Microsoft, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. Immigrated to Australia in 1999 with McKinsey & Co where she advised global clients in digital commerce, telcos and financial services. Post McKinsey consulted in growth, performance and investment to senior execs at leading corporates such as Westpac and Telstra as well as for early stage ventures, private equity firms and high net worth investment portfolios. Deep knowledge of complex technologies in digital currencies, telcos, financial markets, consumer analytics and marketing science and optimisation and her digital media client list includes Lonely Planet, Big Pond, Telstra Mobile, 247 Ads Global, Catalogue Central, Facilitate Digital, Zenergy and the UK’s Financial Times. Hands on entrepreneurial experience through the founding, funding and growing several online and offline businesses, including online automotive and recruitment (a recipient of numerous business awards), ecommerce and digital marketing, online gaming, credit risk, export and white water rafting. Received awards for communication at McKinsey, business coaching/mentoring in Australia, and from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for her 40k KM, 18 mth bicycle trek around the globe.
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About Rush Gold: Rush Gold builds an open API Gold Bank for retail, sophisticated investors and business customers for savings, transactions, and lending.

Rob Wilson
Co-Founder and CEO of Incent
Rob Wilson is a Co-Founder & CEO at Incent Loyalty
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About BitScan, Incent: Incent is bringing DeFi to digital marketing.

David Attenborough
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Tabcorp Holdings Limited
David joined Tabcorp in April 2010 as Managing Director – Wagering. He became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer when Tabcorp’s demerger of its former casinos business was completed in June 2011. He has an extensive background in totalisator and fixed odds betting, racing and broadcasting. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer (South Africa) of Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Limited, the leading wagering operator in South Africa. His previous experience also includes the development of casino, bookmaking and gaming opportunities for British bookmaking company Ladbrokes (formerly part of the Hilton Group Plc). David is a Director of the Australasian Gaming Council. David holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a Masters of Business Administration and he is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).
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About Tabcorp Holdings Limited: Tabcorp’s four businesses of Wagering, Media and International, Gaming Services and Keno employ

Jalaluddin Shaik
Founder and CEO of GAMEFACE.AI
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About GAMEFACE.AI: GAMEFACE is a Video intelligence company. That captures instant video, analyze footage to bring you key events and insights from the match .
Kain Tietzel
Founder/CEO of Start Beyond
Founder & CEO of immersive learning solutions company Start Beyond, reformed Growth Hacker and co-founder of Fotomerchant
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About Start Beyond: Immersive learning solutions that move people to see the world differently, increases knowledge, productivity & drives business growth.
Daniel Simic
CEO of Fantasy Sports Global (FSG)
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About Fantasy Sports Global (FSG): FSG delivers daily fantasy sports via white label partnerships & direct to sports fans.