Catena Media Secures Six Nominations at Vixio Global Regulatory Awards 2026

Catena Media has received six nominations at the 2026 Vixio Global Regulatory Awards, the company announced on 5 October 2026. The nominations span individual and team categories across compliance, legal and marketing, and winners will be revealed at the Decade of Diamonds ceremony in London on 18 November 2026. Catena Media named the shortlisted colleagues and teams in its statement published on 5 October.

Catena Media's six nominations for regulatory and compliance awards

The publisher's shortlist includes senior compliance and legal professionals and a cross-functional marketing and compliance team. Catena Media said the nominations recognise work across regulatory engagement, in-house legal advice and marketing compliance governance.

The full set of Catena Media nominations is:

• Chief Compliance Officer of the Year – Liv Biesemans

• Compliance Professional of the Year – Fiorella San Martin

• Head of Regulatory Affairs or Government Relations of the Year – Emeline d’Ollone

• Regulatory Lawyer or In-House Counsel of the Year – Martin Kerscher

• Legal Team of the Year – Catena Media

• Marketing Compliance Governance Excellence Award – Kenneth Pordon, Valentina Giommoni and Catena Media’s Marketing and Legal & Compliance teams

Catena Media characterised the shortlist as covering both individual contributions and team-level governance, and said the nominations reflect the “depth of expertise” across its business.

What the Vixio Global Regulatory Awards recognise and when winners will be announced

The Vixio Global Regulatory Awards are described by organisers as recognising organisations and individuals who drive regulatory excellence, safer gambling standards and compliance innovation across the industry. Catena Media confirmed the awards’ winners will be announced on 18 November 2026 at the Decade of Diamonds ceremony in London. The publisher also said it looks forward to celebrating with the broader industry and wished fellow nominees luck in the run-up to the ceremony.

Catena Media noted that the shortlist and the awards focus on regulatory and compliance performance. The company said the recognition spans legal, regulatory and marketing disciplines rather than a single department.

Why these categories matter for operators and vendors

Nominations for categories such as Chief Compliance Officer of the Year, Regulatory Lawyer or In-House Counsel of the Year and Marketing Compliance Governance Excellence Award underline the operational intersection between legal risk, regulatory engagement and marketing controls. For platform vendors, compliance teams and in-house legal departments, the nominations signal the areas that industry peers consider worth benchmarking: regulatory affairs, in-house legal capability and how marketing activity is governed against regulatory requirements.

The Marketing Compliance Governance Excellence Award nomination explicitly names two individuals — Kenneth Pordon and Valentina Giommoni — alongside Catena Media’s Marketing and Legal & Compliance teams. That phrasing emphasises a cross-team governance model rather than a single-owner responsibility for marketing compliance.

What to watch before the Nov 18 ceremony

Organisations and practitioners tracking regulatory best practice should watch the award outcomes for two reasons:

1. The winners will indicate current peer-recognised approaches to compliance staffing and structure. Categories covering chief compliance officers and heads of regulatory affairs point to how leadership roles are being evaluated across the sector.

2. The marketing compliance category will highlight the governance models vendors and operators use to keep promotional activity within regulatory boundaries.

Catena Media refrained from claiming any advantage beyond the nominations themselves. The company said it will provide updates in the lead-up to the awards and noted the full 2026 shortlist is available from the award organisers' public materials.

Implications for Catena Media and the market

A slate of nominations at a regulatory-focused awards event is reputationally relevant for a B2B publisher that operates in regulated markets. For Catena Media, public recognition of compliance, legal and marketing governance capabilities reinforces the firm's stated commitment to regulatory standards. The nominations also place specific senior staff — Liv Biesemans, Fiorella San Martin, Emeline d’Ollone, Martin Kerscher, Kenneth Pordon and Valentina Giommoni — in the industry spotlight ahead of the November ceremony.

Observers in compliance and legal teams will be able to compare Catena Media's shortlisted structure and roles with their own as award results emerge on 18 November 2026.

“This recognition, spanning both individual and team categories, reflects the depth of expertise of our colleagues and the standards we hold ourselves to across the business,” Catena Media said in its announcement, quoting the company statement published on 5 October.

Next steps and coverage

Catena Media said it will follow up with coverage of the ceremony and outcomes after 18 November. Industry readers wanting a regulatory lens on market developments can watch the awards results for signals on compliance staffing, in-house counsel prominence and marketing governance approaches. For reporting and analysis of regulatory topics, readers may find relevant material in the publication’s regulation section and on event calendars in events where award ceremonies are listed.