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20th October 2025 – Northern Lights Gaming, the award-winning studio behind hit slot titles such as Unusual Suspects and Bison Moon, has announced the promotion of Chris Loftus to the position of Chief Executive Officer.
The appointment follows the departure of long-serving CEO Andrew Goodale, who is stepping down after more than eight years leading the company to pursue other opportunities.
Chris Loftus is a veteran in the online slot industry with over 17 years of experience. He joined Northern Lights Gaming in April 2025 as Commercial Director and quickly became an integral part of the team. His career began at Inspired Entertainment, where he spent ten years as Head of Content Operations, before moving to 1X2 Network as Commercial Director. Loftus later served as Sales Director at Playnetic, gaining further expertise in commercial strategy and business development.
As CEO, Loftus is set to bring extensive industry insight and an energetic approach to Northern Lights Gaming, which continues to build on its strong legacy and ambitious future plans.
Robert Henrysson, Chairman at Northern Lights Gaming, said:
“We are thrilled to promote Chris to the position of CEO and for him to lead Northern Lights Gaming into the next chapter of its success story.
Of course, we’d like to thank Andrew for his many years of service and for helping to drive Northern Lights Gaming forward with passion and purpose and wish him well for the future.
Change always brings adjustments, but our direction and mission remain the same – and that’s to create the very best games and experience in the industry.
And with Chris leading our incredible team and with a strong product roadmap in front of us, we are highly confident of doing just that.”
Chris Loftus, CEO of Northern Lights Gaming, added:
“It’s an honour to have been promoted to CEO of Northern Lights Gaming and to have the trust of the team to steer the ship and continue to build on the incredible progress we have already made.
The key to success for any studio is to create great games that hit the mark with players, and we have the team and process in place to keep adding epic titles to our portfolio.
Our product roadmap is packed with truly exceptional games, and we can’t wait to see them leave our production line and for players to fire up the reels.”
