eGaming feature
the Rock’s Young Talent
John Imossi; the first graduate on the William Hill scheme
The gaming industry in Gibraltar has changed the landscape on the Rock in many ways, but it stands out for creating opportunities for graduates returning to Gibraltar to find work. John Imossi tells us about his experiences as a Gibraltarian graduate in the gaming industry. Gibraltar born and a real bright spark, John is one of the new talents in the gaming industry. He has spent a lot of his life between the UK for study and Gibraltar for his work, and is now back and settled full time on the Rock, employed by William Hill Online. John also deals daily with impaired vision, but on meeting him and listening to his already broad experience at the age of 28, it is clear that he has not let this get in the way of his success. He attended boarding school overseas and studied his degree in Reading before moving back to Gibraltar and starting his career
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in the gaming world. “My Mum is English and my Dad is Gibraltarian, so I’ve been back and forth from the UK most of my life. After finishing my degree in Computer Science I came back to
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Gibraltar and started working for Victor Chandler, and after three years moved to gain 11 months experience working for 888.com.” John’s job title at Victor Chandler was Management Informa-
I’m not sure whether there would have been as many opportunities around if the gaming businesses were not here. There are lots of accounting and financial services, but the gaming industry needs these services too
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tion Systems Developer, and he worked as part of a small team responsible for delivering ad-hoc and formalised reports to internal customers throughout the business from gaining requirements, through development and presentations. Moving on to be Online Communications Co-ordinator at 888.com he took on responsibility developing HTML emails and launch pages for sport and bingo. He returned to study an MSC in Computing and Security at Kings College London and after completing his degree, successfully applied to join the William Hill graduate scheme here in Gi-
GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • APRIL 2012