International Gaming Standards Association Elects 2025 Board of Directors after successful Membership Structure Change

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (February 24, 2025) – The International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA) is pleased to announce their 2025 Board of Directors. In 2024, IGSA restructured its membership levels, seeing marked success in membership renewals and new Members joining.

After the election of IGSA’s new Board of Directors, the new Board met to select its Chair and Vice Chair. The members are as follows:

Chair – Nimish Purohit, Aristocrat

Vice Chair – Martin Pedak, Playtech

Board Member – Spencer Peterson, Konami Gaming

Board Member – Syed Hussain, Oregon Lottery

Board Member – John McCafferty, Umpqua Indian Development Corporation

The Board also welcomed back Paul Burns, a longtime Board member (retired/Atlantic Lottery Corporation) as an ex-officio officer and Treasurer for the organization.

IGSA President Mark Pace said, “IGSA had a very successful 2024, and our new restructured membership has been met with a great deal of positive feedback. The 2025 membership continues to expand, representing the breadth of the gaming industry. Our Board of Directors is similarly growing in diversity with supplier and operator members. Our continued focus on technology, partnering with other gaming organizations and working with regulatory authorities around the world for the benefit of the entire industry is a timely strategic direction. I look forward to welcoming more members and delivering tangible results this year.”

IGSA Chair Nimish Purohit said, “2024 was a transformative year for IGSA. I’m pleased with our tremendous progress, and I am grateful to my fellow Board members in choosing me to lead the organization in 2025. Our committees are working on developing Standards and Best Practices in areas that are resonating with members and regulators alike. The participation in our Ethical AI, Cyber Resiliency and Payments committees has been incredible, and their output is already being discussed and used. I look forward to the output from our invigorated Responsible Gaming committee and the new Emerging Technology committee in 2025.”

ABOUT IGSA

The International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA) is the largest technical standards development organization dedicated to the creation and evolution of standards and protocols to the betterment of the global gaming industry. Through the creation and evolution of intellectual property, exclusively available to its distinguished membership in 20 countries, and with the input of regulators, operators and suppliers from over 30 countries, the IGSA ensures its members enjoy a unique strategic advantage. IGSA is the industry’s most recognized catalyst between the jurisdictional regulatory bodies and the online and land-based operators. This ensures its members across sectorial visibility and reach and a facility to access commercialization channels through the IGSA standardized protocols and standards. For more information, visit www.igsa.org.

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Press contact:

Mark Pace, President
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