MEET THE PANELISTS

David Hunter
Paysafecard

David Hunter has a wealth of experience in the world of ePayments – and in particular managing payments to the online Gaming industry. He joined paysafecard.com in February 2008 as its new UK CEO . Prior to joining Paysafecard, David was European MD at ClickandBuy, where he oversaw its transformation from a simple micropayments service into a world-class eWallet. Previously, David was a Director at British Telecom, where he built & led its ePayments division. David is widely recognised as an eMoney and ePayments industry leader and is a genuine supporter of the online bingo industry - David previously acted as Platinum sponsors and speaker at the 2nd annual online bingo summit.

Jessica Luthi
Affiliate Program Advice

Jessica Luthi's Career started in Fleet Street at the age of sixteen as archivist and runner for Central Press Photo Library. Jessica entered the world of offline loyalty marketing in 1997 working for Classic FM's “The listeners club” and the out sourced Mercedes Life & Style loyalty rewards program. It was here that Jessica first realised that new customer acquisitions could be obtained by using a new medium called “ The internet ”. It was also at this time that Jessica discovered that loyalty marketing was already happening online and in the US and its name was Affiliate Marketing.

In December 1999, Jessica joined UKAffiliates.com and can claim to be at the birth of Affiliate Marketing in the UK . In Sep 2000, Jessica joined Affiliatewindow.com then in March 2002 became ASOS.com affiliate manager. In 2005, Jessica became an independent affiliate marketing consultant and now is head of a growing and thriving business with her company AffiliateProgramAdvice.com


Jessica has written and co-produced a number of white papers and was instrumental in bringing AffiliateSummit.com , one of the largest US affiliate marketing conferences, to the UK .

Further to add, Jess Luthi was one of the first to bring Online Bingo to the UK and online Bingo Affiliate Marketing with Astrobingo.co.uk which launched in July 2005. AffiliateProgramAdvice.com most recent clients are cyberbingo.co.uk and bingosky.co.uk  Affiliate Program Advice philosophy in a saturated space is in order to compete is to conquer hearts and minds of the affiliates through trust, loyalty and fairness. Jess Luthi has become an authority in bingo affiliate marketing and her results speak for themselves.

Michael Braga
Mice and Dice

Michael Braga is the Group Marketing Director of Gamesys, responsible for marketing the Jackpotjoy brand and its network of partner brands. Michael has been working in the online gaming industry since its inception and has worked on developing and growing new brands as well as expanding large established gaming brands into new markets and territories. Previously he was the Chief Operations Officer of Carmen Media Group Ltd Gibraltar responsible for the groups UK and European gaming brands. Michael has over 18 years of management and marketing experience spanning a diverse range of industries including consumer banking, advertising, DRTV and pharmaceuticals working for diverse organizations ranging from large corporate PLC's like GE and WPP through to successful start ups turned PLCs' like Goldshield Pharmaceuticals.

Phil Fraser
Which Bingo

Phil Fraser has been involved in the online bingo industry since its very early days of 2000. He has long been recognised as a leading expert in the online bingo market and chaired the first two ‘Bullet Business' Bingo Conferences. Phil has spoken at many online gaming conferences around the world as well as appearing on BBC radio. He is a respected commentator on online bingo, with many articles appearing in both on and offline media.

Focus Online Management Ltd, Phil Fraser's company, runs WhichBingo UK ( http://www.whichbingo.co.uk ) the UK 's largest Bingo Directory, listing every single online bingo site in the UK . WhichBingo UK is the UK-targeted sister site of the long-established and well-respected WhichBingo.com ( http://www.whichbingo.com ) and also the unique and highly regarded CM of the Year website ( http://www.cmoftheyear.com ).

Focus Online Management Ltd also runs FreeBingo UK ( http://www.freebingo.co.uk ) the UK 's largest (and first) totally free to play bingo game. The company's portfolio also includes the recently launched Spanish portal, Que Bingo ( http://www.quebingo.com ), as well as the internationally targeted LiveFreeBingo ( http://www.livefreebingo.com ), Bingo VIP Club ( http://www.bingovipclub.com ) and TopBingoSites ( http://www.topbingosites.com ).

Steve Cook
Parlay Entertainment

Steve Cook is the Managing Director for Parlay Entertainment's European bingo business. He is currently building their Pan-European infrastructure from the UK. Previously, Steve was Managing Director for Tribeca Tables until the end of 2006, where for 4 years he established the company as one of the top poker solution providers in the world. He has an impressive gaming career and was previously General Manager at Sega Europe for 8 years during the boom of the video game industry in the early 90s, before entering the I-gaming space in 2001.

Ravi Virpal
Bullet Business

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Steven Baldwin
The Bingo Association

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