AGENDA

Thursday 26th February 2026

08:30

Registration opens

Closed business - chaired by Grainne Hurst, BGC CEO

09:00

Executive Committee report for 2025, and Financial Statements

09:10

Break

Open business – chaired by Gloria de Piero and Liam Halligan

09:20

Opening remarks – Gloria de Piero and Liam Halligan

09:30

Keynote speech: Baroness Fiona Twycross, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling, and Lords Minister)

09:45

BGC AGM video: The Illegal Market

09:50

In conversation: Gloria and Liam discuss the illegal market and tax with BGC CEO Grainne Hurst

10:20

Break

10:40

Message from Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Nigel Huddleston MP

10:45

Panel discussion:

Getting the balance right – tax, regulation and the growth of the illegal market

Chris Sanger, Global Government Tax Leader, EY
Ian Angus, Director of Policy, Gambling Commission
Simon Zinger, Group General Counsel and Chief Customer Care Officer, Entain
David Williams, Director of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations, Rank Group
Jordan Lea, CEO, Deal Me Out

11:35

Guest Speaker: Tim Miller, Executive Director of Research and Policy, Gambling Commission

12:05

BGC CEO Grainne Hurst’s closing remarks

12:15

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Networking Lunch