Meet the Accord Global Expert Team

Sarah Chen is Accord Global's lead editor and the final quality gate through which every piece of content must pass before publication. A qualified journalist with 8 years of experience covering the UK gambling industry, Sarah holds an NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) diploma—the gold standard qualification for professional journalism in the United Kingdom. Her editorial rigour ensures that every claim made on Accord Global is verifiable, sourced, and accurate.

Before joining Accord Global, Sarah built her reputation as a gambling industry journalist at several leading iGaming trade publications, including iGaming Times and Casino Telegraph, where she covered regulatory changes, operator mergers and acquisitions, industry controversies, and player protection issues. She has interviewed UKGC commissioners, casino CEOs, responsible gambling charity directors, and consumer protection advocates, giving her an unusually broad perspective on the industry from multiple angles.

As editor, Sarah fact-checks every review against primary sources: UKGC licence records on the Gambling Commission's public register, published bonus terms and conditions captured at the time of testing, independently audited RTP data from certified testing laboratories, and direct communications with casino operator press offices. She maintains a correction log and ensures that any material changes to published content are noted with timestamps. Her approach treats every casino review with the same editorial discipline she would apply to a national news story—because she believes that players making financial decisions based on our content deserve nothing less.

Areas of Expertise

• Fact-checking and source verification for gambling content
• UK gambling regulation and policy analysis
• Editorial standards and journalistic integrity in iGaming
• Industry trend analysis and investigative reporting
• Consumer protection and advertising standards compliance

Notable Work

Sarah edits and fact-checks every page on Accord Global, ensuring consistency and accuracy across our entire content library. She is the primary author of our editorial standards policy and manages our About page transparency disclosures. Sarah also contributes to our new casino sites coverage, applying her investigative journalism skills to thoroughly vet recently launched operators, and maintains our slot sites guide with up-to-date game provider and RTP information.