About Siobhan Lane
Siobhan Lane, Executive Vice President and Group Chief Executive of Gaming at Light & Wonder, has discussed the company's transformation since its rebrand from Scientific Games. She stated that the company streamlined its portfolio by divesting its lottery and sports betting businesses to focus on content creation for land-based, digital, and social gaming channels. Lane attributed the company's growth to reinvestment in research and development, a healthy balance sheet, and a strategy centered on distributing game content across multiple platforms. She noted that the Asian market, particularly Macau and the Philippines, has become a significant growth driver, and that the company tailors its game content to local consumer preferences in different jurisdictions.
Lane has also spoken about her experiences as a woman in the male-dominated technology and gaming industries. She said that all of her early mentors were men, and that she did not have a female mentor until she moved to the UK. Lane described the importance of both male and female support in career development and expressed a commitment to being a role model and mentor for others. She has also discussed the challenges of balancing her role as a CEO with being a mother of three, emphasizing the need to set boundaries, prioritize self-care, and operate according to one's natural productivity rhythms. Lane stated that she values integrity and building diverse teams, and that she uses her position to create space for others.
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Hi, I'm Siobhan Lane and I'm a consultant here at SNS. This is part of our International Women's Day series. Growing up in New Zealand, all of my mentors and coaches were men, but it makes sense really because women are so underrepresented in the tech industry, especially in leadership roles. But I've been really lucky. The male mentors I've had didn't just guide me, they empowered me, challenged me, broke down doors and barriers, and provided me the support I needed to help me reach my goals. It wasn't until I moved to the UK actually that I had my first female mentor, and there's something really powerful and special about that. Sharing experiences with another woman, knowing that she's walked down a similar path, just brings a different level of support and understanding. I think a lot of my drive comes from my mom. She was an absolute force in her career, always challenging people to think differently, always held her head really high and with huge amounts of care for the people around her. And I'm really proud of my sister as well because she's a strong female leader in the technology industry back home in New Zealand. Starting my career off in IT as a young female, it was hard. You know, you are the minority, you're surrounded by men all the time. But the male mentors I had in my life, they empowered me to push the barriers of what could be possible and to show that as a female, we do have a voice and we can achieve great things. And I think it is important that we have both male and female support around us, especially when you're beginning your career, while you're in the middle of it, and at the end to be able to give back as well, to really empower female voices. Going forward for myself, I'm going to make sure that I can be someone's role model and be the best version of myself, a mentor and guide them when they're starting off, particularly in an industry where it is male dominated.
