aXiomatic Gaming, the parent company of esports organisation Team Liquid, has appointed its Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Mark Vela as the firm’s new CEO, effective April 30th. Bruce Stein, aXiomatic Gaming’s Co-Founder and current CEO, will continue with the company as an investor. RELATED: aXiomatic names Mark Vela as Chief Strategy Officer According to the […]
Team Vitality Appoints Former adidas Managing Director as Co-CEO
French esports organization Team Vitality has hired former adidas Managing Director Guillaume de Monplanet as its new managing director and co-CEO. Team Vitality aims to leverage his experience in the sports and lifestyle industries as it pursues its goals of global expansion. In his eight-year tenure at adidas, Monplanet oversaw more than 700 employees while […]
EVOS Esports appoints former player Stefan Chong as Business Development Lead – Esports Insider
Southeast Asian organisation EVOS Esports has appointed former player Stefan ‘EVOS.Soul’ Chong as its new Business Development Lead in Singapore. Chong will be responsible for engaging with stakeholders from various sectors in the region, such as brands, government agencies, and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) publisher MOONTON Games. RELATED: Yamaha Generation 125 announced as EVOS […]
Bandai Namco Appoints New President And Streamlines Departments
Bandai Namco has appointed a new president, and will be restructuring some of its departments in a bid to reorganize things at the company. Masaru Kawaguchi will be appointed President and Representative Director. He joined Bandai Co Ltd. in 1983, and worked his way up to president of Bandai in 2015. He acted as a […]
Circle Pharma Appoints James Aggen, PhD as Its Vice President, Medicinal Chemistry
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–October 26, 2020– James Aggen, PhD has joined Circle Pharma as its Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry and will lead Circle’s chemistry team in its discovery and development of macrocycle therapeutics against intractable cancer targets. Dr. Aggen has over 20 years of experience in medicinal chemistry. He most recently served as […]
ESL appoints CS:GO commissioner, PUBG Mobile banned in India | ESI Digest #8 (04/09/20)
Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form below. This week on ESI Digest, we cover ESL Premiership’s partnerships, MTG’s leadership appointments, […]
MTG appoints Maria Redin as President and CEO, Lars Torstensson as CFO
Modern Times Group (MTG), the parent company of both ESL and DreamHack, today announced a pair of new leadership appointments. Maria Redin, currently the Group Chief Financial Officer, has been promoted to Group President and CEO effectively immediately. Lars Torstensson will take on her former duties as the new CFO. RELATED: MTG president and CEO […]
ESL appoints Alexander Inglot as CS:GO Pro League commissioner
Tournament organiser ESL has appointed Alexander Inglot as the inaugural Commissioner of its ESL Pro League for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. According to a release, Inglot has been bought on board “to drive creation of the new collaborative structure, optimise governance, and explore new revenue streams.” RELATED: ESL’s Ulrich Schulze on Louvre Agreement, Pro League changes Before joining the league […]
TeamSpeak appoints Gen.G co-founder Kent Wakeford to board of advisors
Online communications company TeamSpeak has appointed Kent Wakeford, Vice Chairman and Co-founder of Gen.G, to its board of advisors. Wakeford is joined by Michael Howse and Greg Ballard, both of which are General Partners of Eleven Ventures, as new additions to the board. RELATED: Overwatch League finds voice supplier in TeamSpeak Wakeford is the former COO […]