Alberto Eljarrat and Karen Sierra-Hughes, among the speakers at the SBC Leaders Summit 2026 in Estoril
The directors of Sportium and GLI are at this summit of leaders that will meet on September 28 in Portugal.
The SBC Leaders Summit 2026 will bring together executives from the gaming and betting industry on Monday, September 28, 2026 at the Palacio Estoril Hotel, in Estoril, Portugal. This is an invitation-only meeting aimed at C-level executives, with closed-door sessions, presentations, regional roundtables, and regulatory meetups, as well as an evening at the Estoril Casino.
Among the confirmed speakers are Alberto Eljarrat Esebag, CEO of Sportium, and Karen Marcela Sierra-Hughes, vice president for Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain of GLI (Gaming Laboratories International), two profiles with special links to the Spanish-speaking and Latin American markets.
The full line-up of speakers also includes Irakli Asanishvili (CEO, Flutter CEE); Bojan Scekic (CEO, Balkan Bet); Ionut-Valeriu Andrei (CEO, Loteria Român?); Kresimir Spajic (CEO, Allwyn Digital); Karsten Fogh Holanng (CEO, Danske Licens Spil); Chris Grove (Chief Growth Officer, Momentum); Johnny Hartnett (Non-Executive Director, SuperBet); Behshad Behzadi (Chief Product, Technology & AI Officer, Sportradar); George Athanasopoulos (CEO, Novibet); Ohad Narkis (CEO, PlayOJO); Vlad Kaltenieks (CEO, BoyleSports); Trond Bentestuen (CEO, Norsk Tipping); Teresa Monteiro (Vice President and Chair of the Gaming Commission, Instituto do Turismo de Portugal); Kevin Mullally (CEO, IAGR); Yiannis Stavroulas (CTO, Novibet); Quirino Mancini (Partner, WH Partners Italy); Paris Smith (Founder, Life Winning/Defy The Odds); Ivo Bozukov (Director, SportPesa); Bashir Are (CEO, Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority); Lasha Machavariani (Founder, SMH Global); Tommy Kearns (CEO and Co-Founder, Xtremepush); Ben Haden (Director of Research and Statistics, UK Gambling Commission); Leo Judkins (Founder, The iGaming Leader Mastermind); Aleksandar Popov (Director of Supervision, Bulgarian National Revenue Agency); and Andrew McCarron (Managing Director, SBC).
The Leaders Summit works as a prelude to the SBC Summit 2026, which will be held from September 29 to October 1 and to which attendees of the leaders summit have access.
MORE INFORMATION: https://sbcevents.com/sbc-leaders-summit/
