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Keywords Studios PLC
18 January 2021
18 January 2021
Keywords Studios plc ("Keywords Studios", the "Group")
Chief Operating Officer Appointment to the Board
Keywords Studios, the international technical and creative
services provider to the global video games industry, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Sonia Lashand Sedler to the Board of
Keywords Studios as the Group's Chief Operating Officer ("COO"),
with effect from today, 18 January 2021.
In this new Board position which reports to Andrew Day, CEO,
Sonia will be working closely with Andrew and Jon Hauck, CFO, and
will take responsibility for the day to day operational running of
the business. With Keywords Studios growing strongly both
organically and through acquisitions, Sonia and her team will help
to ensure that we continue to apply best operational practices and
constantly evolve our customer propositions, as we broaden our
services and seek operational synergies through the integration of
acquisitions and innovation in our technologies and services. The
addition of this role will enable Andrew Day to focus more fully on
the continued strategic development of the Group.
Sonia, 52, has 20 years of experience in scaling up businesses
internationally through senior roles, most recently as Global Head
of Managed Services and Banking Strategy at Diebold Nixdorf, a
global retail and banking technology and services organisation,
where she was responsible for its managed services business. She
joined Diebold Nixdorf from Sutherland Global Services, a digital
transformation company, where she acted as Managing Director for
the EMEA region and led the transformation of customer journeys for
a number of blue chip businesses, including for a Fortune 500
entertainment company. Her previous leadership roles with digital
transformation organisations also include HCL, where she acted as
VP European Banking, and Accenture, where she acted as a Managing
Director.
Andrew Day, Chief Executive of Keywords, commented:
"Following an extensive global search, I am delighted that Sonia
has chosen to join Keywords Studios and, on behalf the Board, I
would like to welcome her to the business. Sonia's experience in
driving operational excellence across an international footprint
and in delivering best in class business critical services to
global clients gained from within world class organisations made
her the outstanding candidate for this new Board position as COO. I
look forward to working closely with her as we continue develop our
global platform of technical and creative services to the video
games market and beyond. "
Other than the directorships and previous names listed below,
there is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant
to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies, in
relation to Sonia Lashand Sedler's appointment to the Board of
Keywords Studios.
Sonia holds or has held directorships in the five years
preceding her appointment at Keywords Studios as follows:
Intelisov Global Ltd
Sutherland Global Services Saudi Arabia
Terra2cloud Ltd
Previous names: Sonia Lashand, Sonia Sharma.
For further information, please contact:
Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)
Andrew Day, Chief Executive Officer
Jon Hauck, Chief Financial Officer +353 190
Joseph Quinn, Investor Relations 22 730
Numis Securities
Stuart Skinner/Kevin Cruickshank/Will +44 20
Baunton 7260 1000
MHP Communications (Financial PR) +44 20
Katie Hunt/James Midmer/Charles Hirst 3128 8193
keywords@mhpc.com
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 65 facilities in 21 countries strategically located in Asia,
the Americas and Europe, it provides integrated art creation,
marketing services, software engineering, testing, localization,
audio and customer care services across more than 50 languages and
16 games platforms to a blue-chip client base of over 950 clients
across the globe.
Keywords Studios 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, Microsoft, Riot Games, Square Enix, Supercell,
TakeTwo, Epic Games and Ubisoft. Recent titles worked on include
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Anthem, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order,
Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Valorant, League of Legends, Fortnite,
Clash Royale and Doom Eternal. Keywords Studios is listed on AIM,
the London Stock Exchange regulated market (KWS.L).
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