WIGJ London Meetup - 12 November 2014

Women in Games Jobs is pleased to announce the next London Meetup will be held at MeWe360 offices on 12th November 2014 from 6.00-9.00 pm. MeWe360 are hosting and will provide refreshments. Their mission is to provide support to creative business potential that might otherwise go untapped. http://www.mewe360.com/

These meetups are the opportunity for anyone interested in gaming to meet leading, female video game professionals and an opportunity for you to network with other women in the industry over a drink. Men are welcome too.

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We are delighted to welcome our new CEO, Jenny Richards-Stewart as speaker. Jenny is former CEO of game developer and publisher, Gremlin Group which was listed on the stock market in 1997 with 300 staff and a market capitalisation of £25m. Gremlin was first known for games such as Wanted: Monty Mole for the ZX Spectrum and Thing on a Spring for the Commodore 64. It then scored big with the Zool and Premier Manager series in the early 1990s, and then with Actua Soccer, the first football game in full 3D, adding Golf, Tennis and Ice Hockey to their Actua Sports series. In 1996, Gremlin acquired DMA Design (creators of Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings). After 1999, they themselves were bought by Infogrames/ Atari.

Since 2000, Jenny has worked with The Prince’s Trust and Young Enterprise. She was Chair of the Governors of Paddington Academy school, the specialist school for performing arts, media, business and enterprise co-funded by the United Learning Trust and GamesAid. She is currently CEO of SportingNation.com a site that helps grass roots sports players in schools, universities and in the community manage their active lives.

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