Barry Faudemer has been appointed chairman of the Jersey Gambling Commission for a four-year term, bringing extensive financial crime expertise to the role.
He succeeds Cyril Whelan, who completed his maximum 10-year service at the regulator last November before staying on as its agent during the recruitment process.
Faudemer first joined the JGC board in August 2025, making his transition to the chairmanship a natural progression within the organisation.
Before moving into private consulting, Faudemer spent 13 years leading enforcement at the Jersey Financial Services Commission, serving as its money-laundering reporting officer.
He handled regulatory investigations and financial intelligence during that period, building a reputation as one of Jersey’s foremost experts in financial crime.
Faudemer also served 27 years with the States of Jersey Police, where he led the joint Police and Customs Financial Crimes Unit.
A graduate of the FBI National Academy, he studied money-laundering typologies and terrorist financing, and helped shape Jersey’s first national risk-assessment working group.
He founded the Jersey Fraud Prevention Forum and currently serves as chief executive of Baker Regulatory Services, cementing his standing in compliance circles.
In January, Faudemer noted that internet and telephone networks had made it easier for fraudsters to target people at home, while banks often moved too slowly to close exploited weaknesses.
He had previously observed that rising unlawful activity during the Covid-19 pandemic would push regulators to strengthen compliance and enforcement across industries.
The UK National Crime Agency estimates that 67% of reported UK fraud is cyber-enabled, underlining the relevance of Faudemer’s background to his new regulatory position.
The JGC oversees remote, land-based commercial and social or charitable gambling, with its mission centred on fair products and protections for children and vulnerable people.
The Commission recorded nine direct problem-gambling interactions involving six people in 2025, and reported that three or four Islanders per year arrive at its offices in crisis.
Three remote gambling operators were active under the Commission’s oversight at the end of 2025, providing regular operational data including self-exclusions and other reportable events.
The JGC revised its remote responsible gambling code in October 2024, its first update since 2019, requiring operators to give customers easy access to player-protection information and support services.
Under the revised code, operators must offer loss, deposit and session limits, with any customer-requested limit increase subject to a mandatory 24-hour waiting period.
Self-exclusion periods must run from six months to at least five years, with account reactivation requiring customer-service contact and a further one-day cooling-off period.
Operators are also required to monitor markers of harm and assess affordability, source of funds and vulnerability before granting any customer VIP status.
Staff cannot be rewarded based on a customer’s losses, spending or activity, a rule designed to remove commercial incentives that could conflict with responsible gambling obligations.
Faudemer’s appointment places a deeply experienced financial crime specialist at the head of a small but internationally facing regulator at a time of significant regulatory change across the gambling sector.
