Simon Duffy
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board
Simon was Executive Chairman of Tradus plc until the company’s sale in March 2008. Simon was also Executive Vice-Chairman of ntl:Telewest until 2007, having joined ntl in 2003 as CEO. Simon has also served as CFO of Orange SA, CEO of wireless data specialist End2End AS, CEO and Deputy Chairman of WorldOnline International BV, and held senior positions at EMI Group plc and Guinness plc. Simon has also served as Chairman of the Board of Bwin.party digital entertainment plc and Mblox Inc. as well as Board Member of Millicom International Cellular and Avito AB....Read more
Simon is currently a Chairman of the Board of Directors of Telit Communications Plc and YouView TV Ltd and Chairman of the Board of Governors of Manchester Metropolitan University as well as Board Member of Wizz Air Holdings Plc, Nordic Entertainment Group and Oger Telecom Limited. Simon is a Master’s graduate of the University of Oxford and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.
Natalie Tydeman
Non-Executive Director
Between 2007 and 2016, Natalie was at GMT Communications Partners, one of Europe’s leading private equity specialists in the media and communications sectors, where she became Partner in 2010 and later promoted to Senior Partner in 2014. Natalie helped launch Excite in Europe, built Discovery Communications’ European internet operations, was Managing Director of Fox Kids Europe’s Online & Interactive division, and led Fremantle Media’s business diversification and corporate venturing activities as Senior Vice President....Read more
Natalie is currently a Senior Investment Director at Kinnevik AB (publ). Natalie is also a board member of Nordic Entertainment Group and FutureLearn Ltd. Natalie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.
Gerhard Florin
Non-Executive Director
Gerhard has spent over 20 years in the entertainment and gaming industry. Gerhard has previously served on the Boards of Codemasters plc, Funcom, Kobojo and King Digital Entertainment, and was Chairman of the latter between 2014 and 2016. Between 2006 and 2010, Gerhard served as an Executive Vice President and General Manager of Publishing at Electronic Arts, being responsible for the company’s worldwide publishing business, prior to which he held various positions in Electronic Arts’ German and British operations. ...Read moreBefore joining Electronic Arts, Gerhard worked at Bertelsmann Music Group and McKinsey.
Gerhard is currently a member of the Board of MTG’s subsidiary InnoGames. Gerhard holds Masters and PhD degrees in Macro Economics from the University of Augsburg in Germany.
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
Independent of the Company and management, and independent of major shareholders.
Dawn Hudson
Non-Executive Director
Between 2014-2018 Dawn was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for the National Football League (NFL) where she, among other things, was responsible for building the NFL brand and oversaw planning and execution of all major NFL events. Prior to joining the NFL, Dawn was Vice Chairman of the strategy consultancy company Parthenon Group, where she built and oversaw Parthenon’s consumer practice focused on the food, beverage and restaurant sectors, and for more than 10 years she held senior positions at PepsiCo including ...Read morePresident and CEO of Pepsi-Cola North America and CEO of PepsiCo Foodservices.
Dawn Hudson is currently a Board member of NVIDIA, a visual computing company focused on among other things gaming, listed on Nasdaq in the U.S., Board member and member of the Governance Committee of Interpublic Group, one of the world’s leading advertising and marketing services companies, listed on New York Stock Exchange and member of the Board and Compensation Committee of Rodan and Fields. Dawn has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Dartmouth College.
Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.
Marjorie Lao
Non-Executive Director
Marjorie Lao was the CFO of the LEGO Group from 2017-2020, where she oversaw the company’s global operations with a broad mandate covering the traditional CFO role, as well as Legal, Government and Public Affairs, and Social and Environmental Responsibility. From 2014 to 2016, she was the Senior Vice President of Finance. Before joining the LEGO Group, from 2006 to 2010, Marjorie was the CFO of Tandberg ASA, a publicly listed company in the Oslo Stock Exchange, before it was acquired by Cisco. She also held senior finance, strategy and business development ...Read morepositions at Cisco from 2010 to 2012, McKinsey from 2002 to 2005, and Procter & Gamble from 1996 to 2000.
She is currently a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Logitech International, a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee of MyTheresa Netherlands as well as a member of the Europe Advisory Board of Harvard Business School. Marjorie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Philippines.
Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.
Chris Carvalho
Non-Executive Director
Chris Carvalho has vast experience as a board member and advisor of several gaming and start-up companies. Chris spent four years between 2010-2013 as Chief Operating Officer at Kabam and ten years at Lucasfilm where he headed up business development, and eventually ran the company’s internet division, StarWars.com. Chris has also been a board member in G5 Entertainment, the worldwide developer and publisher of free-to-play mobile games listed on Nasdaq Stockholm....Read more
Chris is currently a Board member of Roblox and Rogue Games and an advisor to Chalk, Specifio, MTGx gaming and 4D Sight. Chris holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Member of the Audit Committee.
Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.
Simon Leung
Non-Executive Director
Simon Leung is currently based in Hong Kong and has had extensive experience working with international companies and leading their operations in Greater China and the Asian Pacific region. He served as Microsoft’s Chairman and CEO of Greater China region, 2008-2012 and was President of Motorola Asia-Pacific, 1999-2008. Simon currently serves as the Vice Chairman and Executive Director of NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited, a publicly listed leader in building and scaling multiple internet and mobile platforms; this includes China’s number one ...Read moreonline gaming portal, 17173.com and China’s most influential smartphone app store platform, 91 Wireless, which is now owned by Baidu. He also chairs Edmodo, Inc., an e-learning technology start-up; JumpStart Games, Inc., a family interactive entertainment company; and Promethean World Limited, an interactive technology company focused on the education sector.
Simon Leung received his Bachelor of Arts degree and an Honorary Doctorate in laws from the University of Western Ontario, Canada in 1978 and 2005, respectively, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2007. He travels to Europe on a regular basis to visit subsidiaries of the companies in which he is active.
Member of the Audit Committee.
Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.
Florian Schuhbauer
Non-Executive Director
Florian Schuhbauer is Co-CIO and a Founding Partner of AOC. Florian started his career at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson with positions in risk management and equity research. He then co-founded Newtron AG, a software company that optimized strategic purchasing processes. Following the sale of Newtron, he became CFO and Executive Vice President of DHL Global Mail in the US, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG. ...Read more After leaving DHL he joined General Capital Group / Active Value Investors where he focused on deploying a Private Equity approach on public companies, and later joined Triton Partners where he built up the Public Equity practice before founding AOC. Throughout his career Florian has had extensive board experience and currently serves as the deputy Chairman of the board of Vita 34 AG, and a member of the board of NFON AG and PNE AG. Florian graduated from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management with a Master in Finance and Business Administration.
Member of the Audit Committee.
Independent of the Company and management, not independent of the major shareholders.