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Keywords Studios PLC
01 September 2017
1 September 2017
Keywords Studios plc ("Keywords", "the Group")
Appointment of Georges Fornay and Charlotta Ginman as
Non-Executive Directors
Keywords Studios plc, the international technical services
provider to the global video games industry, is pleased to announce
the appointments of Georges Fornay and Charlotta Ginman as
Non-Executive Directors with effect from 1 September 2017.
A French national, Georges (aged 60) has over 30 years'
experience in the technology and video games sectors and currently
sits on the board of France's second largest Independent games
publisher, Focus Home Interactive, which is listed on the
Alternext. He is also Associate Director and Co-Owner of
Glory4Gamers, one of Europe's leading online eSport companies,
which organises multi-player video game competitions for some of
the most famous games around the world.
Georges was with Sony Computer Entertainment in a number of
senior management roles from 1995 to 2011, including as CEO of the
French and Swiss divisions and culminating in the role of European
Senior Vice President from 2004-2011 where he oversaw the launch of
the PlayStation Portable (PSP) in 2005 and PlayStation 3 in 2007.
Prior to this, Georges spent nine years at Commodore, the last five
years of which were as CEO of Commodore France PC Manufacturing and
Distribution.
He has also held significant industry-wide roles including four
years as President of SELL, France's Union of Entertainment
Software Publishers, where he was responsible for representing and
advocating the industry's and its 31 members' interests to the
government.
Charlotta (aged 52) qualified as a Chartered Accountant before
spending a career in investment banking and commercial
organisations, principally in technology-related businesses. She
began her career at Ernst & Young in 1989, and was then
appointed to a series of senior roles in investment banking with
UBS, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan both in London and Singapore,
where she gained considerable M&A transactional experience.
Charlotta has also held senior roles within Nokia Corporation,
including acting as Chief Financial Officer of its luxury mobile
phone division Vertu Corporation Limited. Charlotta is an
experienced NED, currently sitting on the Boards of Pacific Assets
Trust plc, Polar Capital Technology Trust plc, Unicorn AIM VCT plc,
Motif Bio plc and Consort Medical plc.
Ross Graham, Chairman of Keywords, commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Georges and Charlotta to the Group
and we look forward to working with them both. Georges' strong
industry and commercial expertise along with Charlotta's expert plc
and Audit committee knowledge, will further strengthen the Board's
existing capabilities as we continue to grow Keywords Studios both
organically and by acquisition."
Georges Fornay holds or has held the following directorships in
the five years preceding his appointment to the Board:
Current
Activitick SA
Focus Home Interactive SAS
Fornay Invest SARL
Fornay Enterprise Individuelle (EI)
GLHF SAS
Previous five years
Synidicat des Editeurs de Logiceiels de Loisirs
Charlotta Ginman holds or has held the following directorships
in the five years preceding her appointment to the Board:
Current
Consort Medical plc
Motif Bio plc
Pacific Assets Trust Public Limited
Polar Capital Technology Trust plc
Unicorn AIM VCT plc
Previous five years
Cirrus Logic International (UK) Ltd
Kromek Group plc
In relation to both Georges Fornay's and Charlotta Ginman's
appointments to the Board, there is no further information required
to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM
Rules for Companies.
For further information, please contact:
Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)
Andrew Day, Chief Executive Officer
David Broderick, Chief Financial Officer +353 190 22 730
Numis (Financial Adviser)
Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank
(Nominated Adviser)
James Black / Tom Ballard (Corporate
Broker) 020 7260 1000
MHP Communications (Financial PR)
Katie Hunt / Ollie Hoare / Nessyah
Hart 020 3128 8100
About Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)
Keywords Studios is an international technical services provider
to the global video games industry. Established in 1998, and now
with facilities in Dublin, Rio de Janeiro, Montreal, Quebec City,
Portland, Orlando, Raleigh, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Seattle,
Tokyo, Singapore, New Delhi, Pune, Rome, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid,
Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Zhengzhou, Chengdu, Dalian, Manila,
Yogyakarta, Hamburg, Paris and London, it provides integrated art
creation, software engineering, testing, localisation, audio and
customer care services across 50 languages and 14 games platforms
to a blue-chip client base in more than 15 countries. It has a
strong market position, providing services to 23 of the top 25 most
prominent games companies, including Activision Blizzard, Bandai
Namco, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Konami, Riot Games, Sony, Square
Enix, Supercell, TakeTwo, and Ubisoft. Recent titles worked on
include Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare,
Mortal Combat X, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Battlefield 1,
Overwatch, World of Warcraft: Legion, Hearthstone, Clash Royale,
and Mobile Strike. Keywords Studios is listed on AIM, the London
Stock Exchange regulated market (KWS.L).
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