GamCare Appoints New Deputy Chief Executive Officer

The gambling support charity GamCare is delighted to announce the appointment of its new Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mark Weiss (pictured), who will be taking on this new role alongside his current position as Communications and External Affairs Director.

Weiss brings with him over a decade of experience in health policy and communications roles. Prior to joining GamCare in May of 2022, he spearheaded all aspects of policy and public affairs for the United Kingdom’s largest hospital speciality, anaesthesia, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to this, Weiss worked across the policy and external affairs function at the United Kingdom Faculty of Public Health for over seven years, where he helped to secure a number of significant and high-profile legislative changes and policy commitments.

Since arriving at GamCare, Weiss has been instrumental in driving forward the charity’s external engagement and communications programme and has overseen delivery of GamCare’s response to the government’s landmark gambling ‘white paper’, reflecting the views of our Lived Experience Community on how the government could help make gambling safer.

In his new role, Weiss will work closely with Margot Daly, Executive Chair, in providing strategic leadership and direction across GamCare’s services and will act as an ambassador for GamCare, raising our profile and that of the people we support.

“I am delighted to take on the role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer,” Weiss said. “Since joining in 2022, I have seen first-hand the incredible impact that GamCare’s essential services have had in supporting people to recover from gambling harm and in preventing those harms. As we now work through this transitional period in the future of research, prevention and treatment, I look forward to working in close collaboration with our third sector partners, with GambleAware, the NHS and with government as, together, we build the next chapter of gambling support in Britain.”

“I am pleased to welcome Mark as the charity’s new Deputy Chief Executive Officer,” Daly said. “His first-hand appreciation of the profound positive impact of GamCare’s treatment services and prevention programmes underscores his commitment to the tens of thousands of people who use our services every year. As GamCare navigates the evolving landscape, Mark’s collaborative and evidenced-based approach will be instrumental in driving forward GamCare’s core mission to help those affected by gambling-related harm and to prevent further harm from emerging.”