About - Bede Gaming

Leadership

Bede’s executive and senior leadership team of industry-leading experts have the knowhow and experience to support and heighten your ambitions.

Colin Cole-Johnson

Chief Executive Officer

David Bartley

Chief People Officer

Paul Dinning

Chief Operating Officer

John Dougal

Chief Financial Officer

Sarah Hitchcock

Chief Product Officer & EVP Canada

Kirsty Stewart

Chief Legal & Client Success Officer

Dan Whiteley

Chief Technology Officer

Tim Ellingham

Director of Operations

Sava Varadzhakov

Head of Platform Engineering & MD of Bede Bulgaria

Ged Thompson

Head of Risk & Compliance

Fiona Stuart

Head of Client Success and Business Development

Andrew Humphreys

Head of Product Engineering

Not Just a Supplier

We truly partner with our customers to understand their strategic ambitions

Tim Ellingham at his desk in the Newcastle office

Our innovative solutions deliver transformative digital growth across lottery, casino, sports betting and bingo.

Our Story

Founded in 2012 as an agile platform alternative to restrictive legacy gambling platforms, our robust product suite offers the ultimate flexibility with bespoke tools and an agnostic open API for any other third party integrations of the customer’s choice.

In addition to being highly scalable and stable, we remain committed to our original aspiration of building flexible, modular and adaptable software.

Today, our award-winning gaming platform processes billions of transactions per year across five global markets, including publicly listed and private gambling and lottery companies.

We have grown to a team of 300 across 3 continents, and as a part of the MERKUR GROUP we have access to an unparalleled network of resources, expertise and cutting-edge technology. Through Bede’s platform and services, our international customers have been able to achieve significant, sustainable growth in highly competitive and regulated digital markets.

Market Leading

Innovative Solutions

Highly configurable to suit varying customer needs and the regulatory requirements of international markets, we continually enhance our agile single code-based platform and exceptional product offering with new feature development and iterative enhancements delivered in fortnightly release cycles.

Full Service Partner

We provide expert cloud-hosted digital products including platform architecture, player account management, bespoke feature development, integration aggregation, native app and front end development capabilities, automation, real-time data reporting, 24/7 live service support and more – all built on cutting edge technology. We also integrate seamlessly into land-based systems to offer a genuine omni-channel convergence solution across retail and digital.