Northern Lights Gaming Appoints Chris Loftus as CEO

Northern Lights Gaming has announced the promotion of Chris Loftus to Chief Executive Officer, following the departure of long-standing CEO Andrew Goodale after more than eight years with the company.

Loftus joined Northern Lights Gaming in April 2025 as Commercial Director and brings over 17 years of experience in the iGaming industry. His previous roles include Head of Content Operations at Inspired Entertainment, Commercial Director at 1X2 Network, and Sales Director at Playnetic.

The studio, known for slot titles such as Unusual Suspects and Bison Moon, said the leadership change supports its next phase of development as it continues to expand its iGaming content portfolio and strengthen its commercial strategy across regulated markets.

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.”