Chief Executive of iGaming Ontario extends retirement date

The company continues its search for its next leader.

iGaming Ontario has released an update regarding Chief Executive Martha Otton’s upcoming retirement.

Otton announced during the summer that she would be leaving the company. She planned to step down from her role as of December 31.

However, as the company continues its search to fill Otton’s role, she said she will stay with the company as its Chief Executive until March 31, 2025.

iGaming Ontario explained further in a statement, “Earlier this year, Martha Otton informed iGaming Ontario’s Board of Directors of her intent to retire at the end of this calendar year after a distinguished career in the public service. Since that time, the Board has engaged a recruitment firm to help identify her successor as iGaming Ontario’s chief executive. The Board remains committed to iGaming Ontario’s vision, and to continue building on our collective work to establish and grow Ontario’s iGaming market.

“While the search for her successor is ongoing, and to help facilitate an orderly transition, Martha has graciously agreed to delay her retirement and remain as iGaming Ontario’s chief executive until March 31, 2025. Martha’s continuation in this role will ensure the agency’s steady leadership of Ontario’s competitive iGaming market.”

Good to know: Otton has led iGaming Ontario since she joined the company in 2021

Prior to her time with the company, she served as the Chief Strategy Officer for the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). She helped implement the AGCO’s expanded mandate over horseracing and cannabis while serving in this role.

Otton has held other key positions throughout her career, including those with Legal Aid Ontario, the Ministry of the Attorney General. While with the Ministry of the Attorney General, she was the Acting Assistant Deputy Attorney General of the Agency Relations Division and Director of Corporate Policy and Agency Relations.

Laura Mack

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