Harmen is the Managing Partner of the Global Chain Group and CEO of Quanta, the first licensed and end-to-end Blockchain lottery in the world. He has a long-standing track record in regulated gaming sectors across emerging markets. He established the Global Chain as a vehicle to establish gaming equity projects which are managed from a central hub infrastructure. His experiences around technology, innovation and operations have put him touch the various aspects of the industry in different ways. He has equity involvement in a number of gaming related companies through the Global Chain Group, including companies involved in Game Development (D-Tech), the Blockchain (Quanta PLC), Game Aggregation (Culpeck), Sports Betting (Digitote), Advisory Services (Dynamic Partners) and more. Through Dynamic Partners, Harmen is active in advising gaming companies in terms of Operations, Investments and Blockchain.

Harmen has worked in over 67 countries, actively supplying gaming equipment, advisory and policy-making services designed to help develop the gaming Industry since 1991, when he began his career by representing Mikohn and other companies by establishing a large footprint for the company across EMEA and Asia. He developed several casinos operations around the world via Avalon Casino Management such as the Playboy Casino in Rhodes and under Xanadu Casinos. After that, he founded Octavian Global Technologies, which is now part of one of the largest gaming companies in the world. He then established the Gaming Incubator and also successfully opened up markets for Inspired Gaming Group (INGG).  Under the Global Chain his latest venture Quanta merged with the Woke initiative and is focused in developing a Rewarding Games platform, which will create a cheaper, longer lasting and more innovative gambling experience.

Christina has 30 years’ experience in the global betting and gambling sector. Starting out in the pre-dotcom era with a career that spans both on and off-line, covering all aspects of gaming operations and responsible for managing multiple business disciplines, functions and teams across a range of channels, products, and customers, including licensing, regulatory compliance, responsible gaming and money laundering with some of the world’s best known brands including William Hill and Virgin.

She is currently Principal Consultant at 1710 Gaming Ltd working with start-ups, investors, operators, regulators, law enforcement and industry groups across the world, advising on all aspects of the betting, gaming and gambling cycle – from developing legislation and regulation to business strategy and full operational set-up and business re-engineering, and continues to work as an active Compliance Officer and MLRO for licensed operators in a number of jurisdictions.

She is a committee member of the National Council on Problem Gambling, advisor to the All-India Gaming Federation, Co-Founder of the All-In Diversity Project and a regular contributor to industry publications and events.

Since Co-Founding Synalogik in January 2018 I have worn many hats, but primarily perform the role of Legal Director. Our trademarked software deploys cutting edge data analytics, machine learning and workflow automation technology to law enforcement agencies and global organisations in the gaming, banking and insurance sectors. The company was founded by a group of like minded individuals from intelligence, policing, special forces and legal backgrounds.

Whilst Synalogik has grown from fledgling company, through series A investment into a global provider to the very largest of businesses, I have continued to practice as a prosecutor in the UK for all Government Departments and agencies in an advisory capacity and as an advocate. I’m currently leading counsel for the UK’s largest County Lines drugs prosecution, Operation Ballet, and in the last 3 years have prosecuted cases ranging from multi-million pound carousel frauds for HMRC, to murder and organized crime in all its guises.

In my “spare time” I sit on a variety of sports tribunals and advise professional sports persons and clubs upon disciplinary matters. A significant proportion of my time at Synalogik is devoted to ensuring data compliance standards remain paramount and I advise on a consultancy basis to our customers upon all DP related concerns.

SEO is an important aspect of my life – to the point that I can’t visit a website without viewing it as a marketer and search professional. What is wrong? What could be improved? How could the conversion rate be made higher?

With well over 20 years of experience in online marketing and technical SEO, I have worked with companies of all sizes. I know how to maximise visibility and conversion rate in highly competitive niches, blending SEO, PPC, top-notch content and effective promotion to formulate a structured, but flexible plan of action.