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This list showcases the top London based Director operating in the Online Games space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jon Bellamy
Senior Director, Corporate Strategy of Huuuge Games
Jon is an experienced games industry investment professional and has lead deal processes both as a VC and M&A Lead. He has lead investment processes for many distinct transactions and spearheaded multiple $20-500MM international acquisition processes.
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About Huuuge Games: Huuuge Games is a real-time social casual gaming platform.
Gavin Harrison
Finance Director of LVP
Gavin is an ACA qualified accountant with 20 years’ experience scaling and financially managing high growth enterprises. Previously founder of an award-winning VC firm raising £120m in equity funding for gaming & television companies. In his career, Gavin has structured over £1.2bn in project finance with Disney, Universal & TWC.
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About Daedalus Partners, LVP: London Venture Partners is a seed fund that focuses on the game ecosystem.
Anna Mostyn-Williams
Director of Publishing Partnerships of Jagex
Anna Mostyn Williams is the Director of Publishing Partnerships at Jagex and an Associate Partner of QO Collective. She was the Co-Founder and Marketing Lead at Curve before that.
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About Jagex: Jagex is an independent developer and publisher of online games.
John Rankin
Commercial Director (Consultant) of Stakester
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About Stakester: Stakester is a mobile first skill-based competition platform that enables competitors to compete with each other for prizes.
Roberta Lucca
Co-Founder, Chief Marketing Officer / Brand Chief, Board Director of Bossa Studios
Unconventional Entrepreneur. BAFTA winner.Obsessive Learner. Founder and Chief Brand Officer at Bossa Studios.Previously founded WonderLuk and BOLDR. Created and launched over 20 products and brands in the last 15 years across multiple industries — Tech, Games, TV Broadcasting, Luxury and Mobile. I love challenging myself and others to be bolder every day and do things differently. BBC, Sky News, The Guardian, Evening Standard, Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Management Today, Financial Times, Disney Channel, Venture Beat, Telegraph and Wired are some of the publications my companies, products and I have been featured. Top 35 women under 35 by Management Today. Top 30 Women in Games. Everywoman’s Entrepreneur of the Year finalist.
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About BOLDR Effect, Bossa Studios: Bossa Studios is a games developer and publisher, creators of BAFTA-winning Monstermind, Surgeon Simulator and Worlds Adrift.
Dominic Grounsell
Managing Director – UK & Eire Sports Brands of Entain
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About Entain: Entain is a multinational sports betting and gaming group operating in the online and retail sector.
Manuel Stan
Central Brand Marketing Director of Kindred Group
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About Kindred Group: Kindred Group is a company that operates with online gambling and offers products such as online casino etc.
Matt Down
Technical Director & Co-Founder of Pocket Burger Games
Matt Down is a Technical Director and Co-Founder at Pocket Burger Games.
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About Pocket Burger Games: Pocket Burger is dedicated to discovering, creating and building new genres in the mobile games space.
Adrian Ladbury
Editorial Director of Betable
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About Betable: Betable is the first platform to enable developers to legally offer real-money play in their games and apps.
Michael Kolarz
Art Director of Motion Stride
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About Motion Stride: Game studio that creates meaningful mobile games to raise awareness and encourage to participate in a good social movement.
Michael Kolarz
Art Director of Motion Stride
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About Motion Stride: Game studio that creates meaningful mobile games to raise awareness and encourage to participate in a good social movement.
