AIM-listed Aldgate Capital has appointed Nick Harding as CEO and company director.
Harding, who is the current national president of BACTA, the industry body representing the British pay-to-play leisure industry, a trustee of the Responsibility in Gambling Trust and an advisor to gambling care charity GamCare, has over 25 years’ experience in the leisure and entertainment sector.
He has previously held senior management positions at Coral, Rank and Bass and was the founding chairman of iGGBA, the UK’s first interactive gaming association. Most recently, Harding was CEO of Talarius, currently the UK’s largest operator of adult gaming centres.
Aldgate’s strategy will be to “pursue acquisition and consolidation opportunities in the low-stake, high-volume gaming sector in the UK and Europe.” Identified opportunities will include, but not be limited to, family amusement centres, adult gaming centres, casino gaming and certain sports betting and bingo business operations.
