GambleAware Appoints Peter Holt as New CFO

GambleAware has appointed veteran finance professional Peter Holt as its new Chief Financial Officer. He had worked as London and South East finance director at Health Education England for about a decade. Before that, he had been the Director of the Supply Chain Transformation Programme at the Department of Health.

His knowledge and proficiency will complement GambleAware’s ongoing collaborative relationship with the NHS and other statutory health bodies to ensure gambling is regarded as an important health and wellbeing issue. This relationship is underscored in the recently published NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan, 2019-24 by the recognition of GambleAware as a key partner for NHS England and NHS Improvement in establishing a total of 15 new NHS specialist problem gambling clinics by 2023/24.

Talking about the new hire, GambleAware Chief Executive, Marc Etches, said: “We are delighted to have Peter join GambleAware. His extensive health-related experience will further enhance the outstanding expertise we have across our growing organisation as we focus on a public health model to commission national prevention and treatment services to keep people safe from gambling harms.”

Peter Holt, Chief Financial Officer at GambleAware, said about his new position: “Having worked in the health sector for many years, I am looking forward working with a talented and committed team to support GambleAware in finalising a multi-year business plan, with a clear financial strategy that is focused on commissioning high quality, effective prevention and treatment service. This will ensure that gambling is better understood as a health and wellbeing issue, addressed through the lens of a public health model.”