Our Executive Leadership Team

Margot Daly, Chair

Margot is an inquiry chair at the Competition & Markets Authority and serves as a non-executive director at the NAAFI, where she chairs its audit & risk committee. She also serves as an ad hoc independent business consultant, primarily in the media and technology sectors.

Mark Weiss, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director of Communications and External Affairs

Mark joined GamCare in May 2022, and brought with him over a decade of experience in health policy and communications. Prior to joining us, he spearheaded all aspects of Policy and Public Affairs for the UK’s largest hospital specialty, anaesthesia, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tim Hodgetts, Director of Clinical Operations

Tim leads the strategic oversight and operational management of GamCare’s clinical services, including our regional services that provide free, confidential, and personalised support for people experiencing gambling harm, the National Gambling Helpline and online support, and our prevention and education programmes.

Before joining GamCare in 2024, Tim worked in the Health and Social Care sector for over 22 years in senior leadership roles for the NHS responsible for the management and leadership of healthcare services in Dorset and the direct delivery of urgent care services including NHS 111. Tim is passionate about supporting individuals to access high-quality services that deliver the best possible outcomes. He is a Senior Registered Nursing leader and holds an MSc in Clinical Governance, a Diploma in Higher Education Nursing from the University of Worcester, and postgraduate management qualifications.

Alexa Roseblade, Chief of Staff

Alexa leads on effective communication and collaboration across the organisation, ensuring alignment between strategic goals and operational execution. Alexa oversee’s GamCare risk management, project management, and organisational development initiatives, enhancing organisational effectiveness, driving strategic priorities, and supporting the success of the Chair, CEO, and the Executive Leadership Team.

Alexa has worked in the third sector for over 15 years, leading operational teams in organsiations such as The National Deaf Children’s Society, Diabetes UK and Cancer Research UK. Alexa holds a LLB Law and Politics degree from Cardiff University, Level 2 British Sign Language, PRINCE2 and AGILE project management qualifications.

Julia Fazackerley, Director of Development

Julia leads GamCare’s Business Development team which focuses on strategic business development and income generation, sustainability, and diversification. The team also delivers the inception and delivery of a range of innovation service pilots. Julia has over a 25-year history working within the health, justice and social care sector. She began work in the substance misuse sector, within young people’s and criminal justice services, including developing and overseeing regional prison-based contracts. From there she has overseen a range of community and criminal justice addiction services, commissioned by local authorities and NHS.

She has worked freelance, supporting organisations in bids and governance developments (including Forward, EDP [now Humankind], NHS Trust). In 2018, Julia moved into the gambling support sector, as a Director at Gordon Moody. She holds a Masters in Health and Social Care Management, Postgrad Diploma in Substance Misuse Policy, and LLB in Law and Criminology.

Claire Nugent, Head of HR

Claire leads GamCare’s People and Organisational Development team which is accountable for delivering specialist HR operation, recruitment and learning and organisational development functions. The team are responsible for ensuring GamCare recruits talented colleagues, which are developed and supported to enable them to provide excellent service to those affected by gambling harms.

Claire is a chartered member of the CIPD. She has spent her entire career within HR, spanning several different sectors, including the private and manufacturing sectors at Accenture and Unilever, but has primarily worked within the charity sector for Parkinson’s UK, Barnardo’s and The Prince’s Trust.

Emma Laycock, Head Of Finance

Emma leads GamCare’s Finance team, responsible for all finance operations including supplier and customer invoice management, employee expenses, staff payroll and VAT.  In addition, finance performs the budget and management account’s function, statutory filings and completion of the annual audit. Emma is ACCA qualified with over 30 years of experience ranging from working in auditat Arthur Andersen to publishing at Activision.

Emma’s interest in working in the charity sector started in 2015 when she accepted a role in the Charity & Arts sector and since then has worked on multiple large scale public events, including Hull UK City of Culture, Edinburgh International Festival and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for Birmingham Commonwealth Games. In response to the Covid pandemic, Emma was Head of Finance and Operations at DHSC.