PARIS, FRANCE: Focus Entertainment introduced the appointment Sean Brennan as Chief Executive Officer efficient January 5th, 2023.
He will be seconded by Christophe Nobileau, Deputy CEO, in cost of firm affairs and John Bert, Managing Director, in cost of operations.
This nomination is accompanied by an evolution inside the governance of the Board of Directors which entrusts the chairmanship of the Board to Mr. Fabrice Larue, Mr. Frank Sagnier being appointed Vice-Chairman.
Sean, a British and Irish national, has held senior roles inside the video game industry for over 35 years. More recently, over the final 14 years, as European Managing Director, Sean was accountable for all worldwide publishing actions for ZeniMax Media Inc/Bethesda Softworks, acquired by Microsoft in 2020 for $7.5 billion.
Sean has labored closely with their in-house development studios on many global hits such because the Fallout series, Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls Online, Doom, Dishonored, Wolfenstein and The Evil Within. He beforehand held senior positions at Virgin Interactive, Mirrorsoft (Mirror Group Newspapers) and the video games division of British Telecom.
Sean Brennan succeeds Christophe Nobileau who will support him in his various missions. Sean Brennan’s extensive expertise inside the video games industry will be key to Focus Entertainment’s continued transformation to obtain its strategic ambition.
His mission will be to proceed and speed up the event of the group so as to maneuver as a lot because the worth chain and ship on the Group’s most ambitious ever line-up of new games.
“I am thrilled to join Focus Entertainment as their CEO at a time when the basics are in place, and to depend on the administration team to speed up the expansion of the firm with the active support of its largest shareholder Neology Holding, subsidiary of FLCP” shared Mr. Sean Brennan.
“I’m particularly excited to develop new, high-quality, owned IPs that will ship a nice gaming expertise whereas creating worth for the company.”
“We are very happy to welcome Sean Brennan as our new CEO. I have known Sean personally for 25 years and am assured that his deep knowledge of the industry, his profitable track record and his people management skills represent appreciable assets in accelerating the expansion of the group on a global scale. In my new role as Vice-Chairman, I will focus my efforts on serving to Sean with the execution of the exterior growth strategy”, shared Mr. Frank Sagnier.
Mr. Fabrice Larue comments: “I would like to express my gratitude to Frank Sagnier, who turns into Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the External Growth Strategy Committee, and whose worldwide tradition inside the gaming industry is an asset for the achievement of our ambitious development plan.
Personally, and on behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to welcome Sean Brennan and thank Christophe Nobileau for his significant dedication and his achievements as Chairman of the Management Board after which Chief Executive Officer, throughout which the group continued to transform and grew strongly. I know how a lot Christophe will proceed to be concerned in development and to accompany Sean, so as to proceed the expansion of the Group”.
Mr. Christophe Nobileau comments: “I am very grateful to Fabrice Larue and to the entire Board of Directors, for the belief granted to me over previous years and which is renewed inside my new functions. I am, with John Bert, very happy to welcome Sean, who shares the identical imaginative and prescient and the identical ambition as me and all of us, and with whom we will make sure the event of the Group with all of the teams. Focus Entertainment continues to develop stronger and put means on the service of its ambition: welcome Sean! “
Focus Entertainment is one of Europe’s main online game publishers and developers. Its vocation is to support main worldwide studios inside the development, manufacturing monitoring, marketing, gross sales and financing of their projects.