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Entain women win big at Women in Gaming Diversity Awards

Entain women win big at Women in Gaming Diversity Awards

 June 16, 2026

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Entain women celebrated outstanding accomplishments at the Women in Gaming Diversity Awards, the global gaming industry's prestigious and widely-respected accolade.

Celebrating the accomplishments of talented women

The awards night was held in London, UK, with four women from Entain taking home impressive awards, proof that when a company's people shine, the whole industry notices.

Entain also saw an incredible 24 nominations across 13 categories - a powerful reflection of the expertise, passion, and commitment of its talented women.

Huge congratulations to Entain's winners:

  • Managing Director of Global Enterprise Transformation, Product & Tech Strategy Ciara Nic Liam, whose impactful work at Entain earned her an Outstanding Contribution Award
  • Senior Manager - Governance, Integration & Assurance Office, Chair of Women@Entain Network Rachael D'Silva, named Diversity Champion on the Year
  • Ciara's Personal Assistant Melanie Evans, who took home Executive Assistant of the Year
  • Natalie, who won the Apprentice of the Year award

"Their achievements set a high bar across Entain. And while it's great to celebrate the winners, we're proud of all our nominees - being recognised at this level is an outstanding achievement," commented Entain.

Some of the winners shared their thoughts after winning their awards.

"This award isn’t just a milestone...It’s a reminder of how far we can go when we’re supported, included, and believed in," said Natalie.

"Thank you to my support network at Entain - it means the world to me, let’s keep going," commented Rachael.

"Watching colleagues and friends receive the recognition they deserve never gets old. I meant it when I said it’s one of my favourite events every year," explained Ciara.


Celebrating wellbeing and diversity

Women in Gaming Diversity Awards celebrate individuals and organisations for outstanding devotion to enhancing equality, diversity and inclusion. Launched in 2010, the awards enable employers to honour wellbeing and diversity across their organisation and to highlight the contribution this has on the success of the business.

Award coordinator. Lana Thompson, Director of Clever Duck Media, said: “Diversity is not just a priority, but should be part of the culture in our industry. We are very proud promoting gender gap in technology and female leader roles for 9 years and believe we are ready to recognize some of the outstanding diversity efforts we witnessed by a number of organizations in our industry."


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As home to gaming and sports betting’s biggest brands, millions of people enjoy Entain's products at their fingertips every day. 

Entain empowers its people to celebrate who they are, who they love, what they believe in, and how they show up for work. 

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