Barry Faudemer has been appointed chairman of the Jersey Gambling Commission for a four-year term, succeeding Cyril Whelan.
Whelan completed the maximum 10 years of service last November but stayed as the Commission’s agent while a permanent replacement was recruited. Faudemer joined the JGC board in August 2025.
His appointment places a financial crime specialist at the head of a regulator overseeing Jersey’s internationally focused remote-gambling sector. Before moving into private consulting, Faudemer spent 13 years leading enforcement at the Jersey Financial Services Commission, where he served as money-laundering reporting officer and handled regulatory investigations and financial intelligence.
He previously spent 27 years with the States of Jersey Police and led the joint Police and Customs Financial Crimes Unit. He also contributed to Jersey’s first national risk assessment covering anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist-financing risks. Faudemer founded the Jersey Fraud Prevention Forum and is chief executive of Baker Regulatory Services.
JGC combines player protection with financial crime oversight
The Jersey Gambling Commission regulates remote gambling, land-based commercial gambling and social or charitable gambling. The Channel Islands Lottery sits outside its jurisdiction.
Its statutory role includes ensuring products are fair, protecting children and vulnerable people, and preventing fraud, money laundering and other gambling-related crime. The Commission must also protect Jersey’s commercial and financial reputation without placing unnecessary burdens on licensees.
In 2025, the JGC recorded nine direct problem-gambling interactions involving six people. It also said three or four Islanders each year arrive at its offices in crisis. At the end of 2025, the Commission supervised three remote gambling operators, which provide operational information including self-exclusion data and reportable events.
Responsible gambling code introduces stronger operator requirements
The JGC revised its remote responsible gambling code in October, marking its first update since 2019. Operators must provide easy access to player-protection information and support services, while offering loss, deposit and session limits.
Any increase to a customer-set limit requires a 24-hour waiting period. Self-exclusion periods should run from six months to at least five years. Reactivating an account requires contact with customer service followed by another one-day cooling-off period.
Operators must also monitor markers of harm and assess affordability, source of funds and vulnerability before granting VIP status. Staff cannot be rewarded based on a customer’s losses, spending or gambling activity.
Faudemer’s previous public comments have focused heavily on fraud and financial crime. His appointment brings enforcement experience into a regulator with stronger requirements on player protection and anti-money laundering controls.
Faudemer’s appointment brings financial crime and enforcement experience into a regulator with strict responsible gambling and AML expectations. His background will improve the JGC’s credibility, as smaller jurisdictions face growing pressure to protect players and their reputation.
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