Richard Wilson (born 1968)

Richard Christopher Wilson
Born 1968

Richard Christopher Wilson (born 1968), is the Chief Executive Officer of UK development trade body TIGA.[1]

Education

Wilson was educated at Abingdon School and then the University of Reading where he gained a PhD.

Career

He was the Head of Business Policy at the Institute of Directors from 1998 until 2006[2] before he became the Director of Communications for the Royal Academy of Engineering from 2006 until 2008.[3]

In March 2008 he joined TIGA as their CEO. He campaigned for Video Games Tax Relief and introduced the TIGA University Accreditation system. In addition he is the Vice-President of the charity SpecialEffect and is the director of Creative Skillset’s Video Games Skills Council and the European Game Developers’ Federation.[4]

New Year Honours

Wilson was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to the video game industry.[5] [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The TIGA Team". TIGA.
  2. ↑ "Academy appoints Dr Richard Wilson as Director of Communications". Royal Academy of Engineering.
  3. ↑ "Engineering firms re-design the future of work". Royal Academy of Engineering.
  4. ↑ "News". TIGA.
  5. ↑ "New Year's Honours 2018". Cabinet Office.
  6. ↑ "Welwyn Garden City CEO 'delighted' with OBE honour". Welwyn Hatfield Times.
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