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Apple: Former Google Play leader Tamzin Taylor joined Apple as director of developer relations EMEA back in January.
It’s quite a scalp for the iPhone maker – Taylor spent over 12 years at Google, most recently as head of Google Play partnerships for western Europe. She also previously served as head of apps partnerships for western Europe, and the same role for the UK and Nordics. She was also previously head of Android partnerships for Australia and New Zealand.
Wooga: Nai Chang has now officially departed from the Berlin-based company after five years at the helm. Prior to Wooga, Chang previously served as Google’s growth consulting global head of games, and was also general manager at Zynga-owned NaturalMotion.
Former Youda Games general manager Dennis Korf is the new managing director at the June’s Journey maker, and officially succeeded Chang earlier this year.
Azra Games: The studio formed by many of the makers of Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has appointed Kris Davis as chief business officer. He was formerly co-head of mobile at PlayStation Studios and VP of business development at Kabam.
Supercell: As spotted by Gaming on Phone, Eloise Bradley has joined the Finnish mobile studio as director of strategic partnerships. She was previously a senior manager of inbound licensing and partnerships at the Lego Group, and most recently head of branded partners at Games Global.
Scopely: Former lead product manager Alexsander Zelenko has started a new position as associate director of product of Monopoly Go.
Unity: The game engine maker has promoted Mia Vinas from performance manager to growth partnership manager. The company has also announced that Michelle K. Lee and David Kostman are resigning from its board of directors in June.
Discord: The social platform has appointed Janice Hsieh as account manager, advertising solutions – mobile gaming. She was previously client partner of user acquisition at Unity, and most recently brand partnerships manager, enterprise gaming at TikTok.
Tactile Games: There are four new hires at the Lily’s Garden maker. Former Space Ape and Peak level designer Pelinsu Ayas has joined as a senior level designer. Frontend engineer Hugo Serieys was previously a full-stack developer at Groupe EndLess.
New senior performance marketing manager Bahadir Sirkecioglu most recently held the same position at Rovio. And former Åben manager Frederik Hærup Olesen has been appointed as office and culture manager.
ByteBrew: Following nine years at AppsFlyer, where she was most recently global lead of special programs services and CS operations, Tamar Polak has joined the analytics platform as director of sales and customer success EMEA.
Moloco: Former Unity monetisation and UA client partner Athina Kapaka has joined the machine learning company as senior growth manager.
Code Wizards Group: The game infrastructure solutions firm has a new board advisor in Fred Gill. The Antidote Gamers co-founder was previously technical director for EA Partners and head of technology at Respawn Entertainment.
Raptor PR: The London-based PR firm has promoted former Lost in Cult community manager Joshua Callaghan from senior account executive to junior account manager.
