The Netherlands’ gambling regulatory chief is stepping down just as the country prepares to liberalize its online market.

On Friday, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) regulatory authority announced that director Marja Appelman (pictured) would be stepping down as of August 1 to take up a new directorship at the Interior Ministry’s Housing Market authority.

Appelman, who has been overseeing gambling activity in the Netherlands for nearly five years, claimed that her “job is done,” citing the KSA’s statutory evaluation in 2017, which determined that the regulator is “operational in order and ready for expansion of its tasks.”

Appelman noted that the Dutch government is finally moving forward with plans to push its long-delayed Remote Gambling Act over the legislative finish line. Appelman said that “both for me and for the Gaming Authority, it is time for the next phase.”