Kathryn S. Lever
General Counsel / Chief Privacy Officer / Corporate Secretary for Great Canadian Gaming Corporation
Director of GBank Financial Holdings Inc.
Audit Committee Chair/ Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Member
Kathryn S. Lever serves as General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer and Corporate Secretary to Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management and the largest casino enterprise in Canada.
She has held pivotal positions as Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel to some of the gaming industry's most dominant entities, including Scientific Games (NASDAQ:SGMS) and its acquired entities, Bally Technology (NYSE:BYI) and SFHL Entertainment (NASDAQ:SHFL), where she spearheaded the legal strategy for more than $6.4B in strategic mergers and acquisition. In her capacity as General Counsel & EVP at the $4.3 billion Baha Mar luxury resort and casino, Ms. Lever established the foundational structure for legal, regulatory, compliance, and surveillance functions.
Ms. Lever was previously the first general counsel of Everi Payments Inc. (NYSE:EVRI), guiding the organization through its initial listing on the NYSE, as well as partner in the Las Vegas office of Shreck Brignone Godfrey, prior to its merger as Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck.
Beyond the gaming industry, she has applied her multifaceted expertise in FinTech, corporate law, and risk management as a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at GBank Financial Holdings Inc., and as an independent Director of GeoComply Solutions, an international leader in geolocation compliance, fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions.
Ms. Lever is committed to philanthropic engagement within with her industry and community and has been an Adjunct Professor and member of the Gaming Law Advisory Board at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, a Board Member and Advisory Member of Global Gaming Women, a Counsellor and former President of the International Association of Gaming Advisors, a committee member of the William Hill USA Charitable Foundation, and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Southern Nevada Chapter of Go Red for Women.