Influential leaders, development inspirations and unsung heroes populate the first list of the top women working in the UK games industry.
Put together in association with Women in Games Jobs, and published today, the list recognises women from all areas of the games industry working within the UK.
Professionals from a cross-section of levels make up the list, with names on the list falling into one of five categories: management/directors, production execs and developers, media and PR, education and trade bodies, and retail or publishing sales and marketing.
The list, originally announced to name 50 leading female professionals from the UK games industry, was expanded to name 100 after an overwhelming number of suggestions from the trade. A judging panel including Gina Jackson, games consultant and CEO of Women in Games Jobs; Debbie Bestwick managing director of Team 17; Siobhan Reddy, studio director of Media Molecule; and MCV editor-in-chief Michael French helped hone down the list.
The Top 100 Women In Games list is published to day, Friday March 8th, as part of International Women's Day celebrations.
International Women's Day IWD has been running since the early 1900s and is an official holiday in many countries from Afghanistan to Zambia.
According to the latest statistics available from Creative Skillset the number of women in the games workforce is just six per cent, having dropped from 16 per cent in 2000.
THE TOP 100 IN FULL:
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| Ali Bergstrom-Allen, Head of Production, Plug-in Media | Ali Fearnley, Conference Director, Tandem Events |
Alice Taylor, CEO, Makielab |
Alison Beasley, MD, Lincoln Beasley |
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| Amanda Farr, European Marketing Director, Sega |
Amelia Johnson, Founder & Director of Licensing and Merchandising, Bin Weevils |
Ami "Nakajima" Ledger, Community and Communications Manager, Evolutions Studios (SCEE) | Ann Hurley, European Sales Manager, Pole 2 Win |
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| Arwen Duddington, General Manager London Office, Eutechnyx | Becky Walker, Director Games Business Development, Testronic Labs | Beverley Bush, Course Leader, BA Honours Games Design, UCLan |
Caroline Miller, Owner, Indigo Pearl |
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| Catalina Lou, Senior Director Sales and Marketing EMEA and LATAM, EA Mobile | Catherine Woolley, Content Designer, Creative Assembly |
Cathy Campos, Owner, Panache PR |
Celine Bannino, Head of Digital Marketing Experiences for EMEA and UK, Disney |
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| Charlotte Knight, Buying Director, Game Retail | Charu Desodt, Senior Producer, Microsoft/Lift | Claire Panter, Head of Community, Moshi Monsters | Debbie Bestwick, MD, Team 17 |
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| Divinia Knowles, COO, Mind Candy | Elaine Russell, Project Manger, Abertay University | Ella Romanos, CEO, Remode Studio |
Ellie Gibson, Deputy Editor, Eurogamer |
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| Elodie Hummel, Executive Producer International Software Development, SCEE London | Emily Britt, International PR Manager Tomb Raider, Square Enix | Emily Gera, Senior Reporter UK, Polygon | Emily Newton Dunn, Designer, Playfish |
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| Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Senior Lecturer, DiGRA/University of Chichester | Fiona Sperry, Studio Director, Criterion Games, EA | Flavia Timiani-Dean, Director International Production, Disney | Frances Shortt, Operations Manager, Namco Bandai |
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| Gabrielle Kent, Senior Lecturer & Festival Director, Teesside University | Gemma Silvers, Director of Shared Technology, Playfish | Georgina Mackenzie, CEO, Toytec |
Gina Jackson, Chief Exec & Consultant, WIGJ |
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Giselle Stewart, General Manager, Ubisoft Reflections |
Heather Clarke, European Operations Manager, Activision |
Jackie Tetley, Senior Games Designer, nDreams |
Jane Douglas, Co-Editor, Outside Xbox |
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| Janet Swallow, VP of Licensing, Square Enix |
Jemma Harris, Producer, 22cans |
Jennifer Schneidereit, Game Creator, Nyamyam |
Jessica Curry, Co-Director, Thechineseroom |
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| Jessica Gwyther, Snr Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft |
Jo Twist, CEO, UKIE |
Joanna Orland, Snr Sound Designer, SCEE |
Jodi Moran, Co-Founder, Plumbee |
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| Jodie Azhar, Character Rigger, Creative Assembly/Sega |
Joyce Matthew, Account Manger - Digital Media and Games, Scottish Enterprise |
Jude Ower, CEO, Playmob |
Kat Osman, Senior Account Director, Lunch PR |
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| Kate O'Connor, Executive Director & Deputy CEO, Creative Skillset |
Kaye Elling, Lecuturer on Computer Games, University of Bradford |
Kelly Smith, Head of TV & Games, BAFTA |
Kerry Rizzo, Global Communications Manager, Sega |
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| Keza Macdonald, UK Games Editor, IGN | Kim Blake, NextGen Talent, UKIE/Creative Skillset | Kirsty Payne, Head of Marketing, Mastertronic Group | Lizi Attwood, Lead Programmer, Activision, Blast Furnace |
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| Lizzie Wilding, Head of Communications, NaturalMotion | Lorraine Starr, Commercial Director, Yippee Entertainment | Louise Gaynor, COO, Target Media | Louise Murray, Head of Fable, Lionhead/Microsoft |
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| Luci Black, Producer, Media Molecule | Lynn Daniel, PR Director, GREE |
Lynne Kilpatrick, DCMS |
Maëlenn Lumineau , EA Localisation and Ops, Project Manager |
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| Margaret Pearson, Sales Director, Centresoft |
Maria Stukoff, Head of Academic Development, SCEE |
Marie-Claire Isaaman, Course Leader, BA Honours Games Art & Design, NUA |
Marie-Eve Danis, Producer, Ubisoft Reflections |
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| Mary Casey, Production Director, Mediatonic | MoJen Jenkins, Audio Director, Playfish | Nia Wearn, Senior Lecturer in Computer Games Design, Stafford Uni |
Nina Cliff, Business Development consultant, Freeland/Universally Speaking |
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| Nina Kristensen, Director & Co-Founder, Ninja Theory |
Noirin Carmody, Owner & COO, Revolution Software |
Paulina Bozek, CEO & Co-Founder, Inensu | Pauline Jacquey, MD, Ubisoft Reflections |
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| Rhianna Pratchett, Freelance writer |
Roberta Lucca, Co Founder CMO, Bossa Studios |
Sam Parker, Senior Development Director, Electronic Arts | Sara Grover, Marketing Manager, Warner Bros |
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| Sarah Burns, Development Coodinator, Rising Star Games | Sarah Rogers, European Sales & Marketing Director, NCsoft Europe |
Sarah Seaby, Head of Marketing, Bethesda |
Sarah van Rompaey, Co-Founder, Lady Shotgun |
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| Sarah Wellock, Community Manager, Rocksteady Studios |
Shelly Pearce, Director of Marketing & PR, Nintendo UK |
Sini Downing, Game Writers Agency Director, Side/Sidelines | Siobhan Reddy, Studio Director, Media Molecule |
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| Sophia Coney, Director of Publishing and Operations, Lockwood Studio | Sophia George, Co-Founder, Swallowtail | Stephanie Anderson, Tech Lead, Mind Candy |
Sue Eilfield, VP HR, EA |
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| Tara Saunders, London Studio Art Manager, SCEE London | Vanessa Wood, Head of Localisation, SCEE Liverpool | Veronique Lallier, Vice President, Digital Publishing - International, Warner Bros | Vickie Peggs, Owner, Universally Speaking |
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