Melissa Blau has been working in the Media, Technology & Finance sectors for 20 years. She is currently the CEO of Live Gaming Technology (LGT), a remote gaming provider offering live casino and bingo and operator of CasinoTV.com. In addition to her current job, Melissa is also the Finance Editor and regular Columnist for iGaming Business, a leading magazine covering the online gaming sector. 

Prior to LGT she was the CEO of Europa Point Group, an operating company focused on developing and acquiring online gaming companies (BetUK, BetAsia, Betrepublic). In her financial capacity, Melissa was an Operating Executive at Global Leisure Partners, providing M&A and advisory services for the online gaming sector and the CFO of online gaming white label provider, St. Minver.

Prior to the iGaming industry, Melissa was a General Partner and founding member of Constellation Ventures, a Bear Stearns venture capital fund dedicated to the media and technology sector. Melissa started her career as a Financial Analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc covering the consumer and gaming industries, before moving to Viacom Interactive as a Director of Business Development & Strategic Planning.

Melissa has a B.A from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University. She is from New York and has been living in the London for the past 6 years.

Melissa will be chairing the Financial Analysis Track on Day 2, Thursday 27th May as well as presenting:
11:15-11:45 in Room 3, iGaming Financial Analysis
IGB Index: An Analysis of iGaming's Top 30 Publicly Listed iGaming Stocks