David Pridmore
David Pridmore
David Pridmore
David Pridmore leads OLG’s digital business, land-based gaming operations and business development activities. Dave is responsible for developing and delivering OLG’s digital strategy with a focus on growth, new value creation and speed to market. He has end-to-end accountability for the digital business and the development of best-in-class digital capabilities and offerings to meet the changing demands of customers and rapidly evolving marketplace dynamics and optimizing returns on investment in a responsible way.
Dave oversees land-based gaming operations. He has end-to-end accountability for land-based gaming business results through effective relationship management and maximizing performance with OLG’s land-based Casino Gaming and Charitable Gaming partners and considering new opportunities for responsible growth. Dave is responsible for delivering on OLG’s mandate in support of a sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario and managing OLG’s relationship with the Horse Racing industry, the government of Ontario and industry stakeholders.
Dave and his team are accountable for leading OLG’s business development activities by identifying industry trends, developing, and maintaining relationships with existing and new external partners to identify investment opportunities across OLG’s lines of business.
With more than 15 years of experience, David is an accomplished finance and strategy executive with significant expertise in strategy development, financial assessment and commercial transactions. He previously held multiple roles at Shoppers Drug Mart and OLG where he was responsible for infrastructure development, financial relationship management and the development of the Land-based Gaming modernization strategy.
David holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Business Administration from McMaster University.