Meet the

Players

We're a passionate team of creators, designers and builders who ship inspiring products that motivate positive change.

Leadership

Thouraya Walker

Finance Director
I make sure that we manage and invest in our business wisely. After corporate finance roles (BDO, Mazars, Standard Chartered, Oliver Wyman), I realised the importance of quality human connections at work. Play’s vision to unlock potential aligns perfectly with my values.

Dan Atherton

CTO
I'm a hands-on engineer and entrepreneur, who's worked at fast-growing games companies (Mind Candy) and set up my own studios: Rabid Badger and Zapped. I'm a specialist in mobile and web development, and passionate about data security, scalability and cost-efficiency.

Marcus Thornley

CEO
I'm a former journalist who moved to mobile content way back in 2002. I ran D2C for Electronic Arts Mobile in Europe, before moving to California to run platform marketing. I founded Play in 2014 and focus on creating an environment where everyone can be their best.

Mike Hamilton

Head of Consultancy
I’m a computer scientist turned product/programme manager. My career has spanned Swiftkey, Microsoft and two AI startups focused on eCommerce and weeding out fake news respectively. I'm passionate about delivering technology applications that players love - with speed, high quality and joy.

Product

Alina Studineanu

Product Designer

Bhoomi Bansal

Product Designer

Daniela Santos

Product Designer

Luke Ruocco

Product Designer

Michele Tagliavini

Product Designer

Project

Anya Caister

Project Manager

Charlie Whitfield

Customer Success

Courtney Garland

Project Manager

Lucia Teixeira

Data Analyst

Sabrina Van Der Smissen

Project Manager

Vix Davie

Customer Success

Engineering

Alastair McFarlane

Technical Operations

Alessio Pece

Developer

Ben Davis

QA Engineer

Lennard Graham

Developer

Matt Osborn

QA Engineer

Manuel Lobo

Developer

Russell Webb

Developer

Sezer Kesti

Developer

Simone Gammicchia

Developer

Steve Ratcliff

DevOps Engineer

William Griffiths

Developer

Commercial

Dan Gates

Marketing

Omer Selcuk

Business Developer

Ted Hewett

Marketing

Vinay Goel

Business Developer

Operations

Meighan Farley

Recruitment

Roberto Ciagli

Office Manager

Tom Martin

Finance

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