The CEO of TIGA, theorganisation representing the games industry, has been shortlisted for this
year’s finals of the Director of the Year Awards. Dr Richard Wilson is among 10
nominees hoping to win the public/third sector category of an awards event held
by the Institute of Directors. The winner will be announced on October 5, 2012
in London.
Dr Richard Wilson
is up against James Dunbar, chief executive of New Start Highland; Jonathan
Carter director (chief executive) of Jersey Heritage; Dr Lena C Wilson, chief
executive of Scottish Enterprise; Karyn McCluskey, co-director of the Scottish
Violence Reduction Unit; Seamus O’Prey, chief executive of Ortus; Robert
Varley, operations and services director of the Met Office; Stephen Maddock,
chief Executive of CBSO – City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Jo Bradley,
executive director of the Groundwork Greater Nottingham; and Ian B Perry, the
CE Harvest Housing Group/Transition Executive Director of Your Housing Group
(formally Harvest).
Dr Richard Wilson said:
“It's
a real honour to have been nominated for this award which is recognition of the
superb performance of the entire TIGA team. Together we have enhanced TIGA’s
productivity, improved our membership services and above all delivered Games
Tax Relief. This tax relief will make a real difference to many games
developers and digital publishers in the UK videogame industry.”
Jason Kingsley, TIGA
Chairman and CEO and Creative Director at Rebellion, said:
“This
nomination is a positive reflection on TIGA’s progress as an organisation. Much
still remains to be done. At TIGA, we are determined to continuously improve
our performance, to advance the
interests of developers and digital publishers and to make the UK the best
place in the world to do games business.”
Notes to editors:
About TIGA:
TIGA is the trade association representing the UK’s
games industry. The majority of our members are either independent games
developers or in-house publisher owned developers. We also have games
publishers, outsourcing companies, technology
businesses and universities amongst our membership. Since 2010, TIGA has won 12 business awards and has been nominated a
finalist for 9 other awards. In 2010 TIGA won two business awards including
‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the Trade Association Forum.
In 2011, TIGA
won eight business awards including ‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the
Trade Association Forum, ‘Outstanding Organisation’ from the Chartered
Management Institute and two Global Business Excellence Awards, including
‘Outstanding Marketing Campaign’.
Richard Wilson won the ‘Leadership Award’ from the Trade Association
Forum and the ‘Outstanding Leader’ award from the Chartered Management
Institute. In 2012, Richard Wilson wonthe IoD’s East of England Director of the Year Award. TIGA is an Investors in People organisation. Also in 2012,
TIGA won a Global Business Excellence Award for its ‘Outstanding Public
Relations Campaign’ for Games Tax Relief. TIGA's
vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to do games
business.
We focus on three sets of activities: political representation,
generating media coverage and developing services that enhance the
competitiveness of our members. This means that TIGA members are
effectively represented in the corridors of power, their voice is heard in the
media and they receive benefits that make a material difference to their
businesses, including a reduction in costs and improved commercial
opportunities.
For further information, please contact
Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on: 07875 939 643, or email: richard.wilson@tiga.org.