Gamefederation appoints Peter Levin as Chairman
Stockholm March 1st, 2007
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, March 1st, 2007 - Gamefederation, a leading provider of wireless entertainment solutions, today announced the appointment of Peter Levin as chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr Levin will join the board formally on the 1st of April 2007.
Widely recognized as a leader and visionary in the field of PC, console and mobile gaming Mr Levin was most recently president and CEO of Pan Vision, the leading independent Nordic publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment. During his stay at Pan Vision he doubled market capitalization and grew company turnover to over 100 million.
Earlier in his career Mr Levin was Managing Director for Electronic Arts Nordic and a senior member of EA's European Management Group. During his tenure he was responsible for building the organization's Business strategy and expansion in the Nordic region. The Nordics were listed among EA's Top 3 most successful regions during his stewardship.
Peter Levin has over 20 years experience in the games industry and was for three years in row between the period 2002-2004 voted the most influential person by MDTS, the Swedish trade body for video games and mobile entertainment.
"Peter has a proven record of building successful enterprises in the gaming and entertainment space.," said Thomas Lindgren CEO of Gamefederation. "His experience and expertise will strongly add to our growing business and his role as chairman will support the strong management team that has built Gamefederation into a leading wireless entertainment system solutions provider. I am looking forward to working closely with Peter in Gamefederation's continued growth and success."
"I've been following Gamefederation with great interest since 2000, and have been very impressed by the company's success." Mr Levin said. "Gamefederation's management team has positioned the company to take significant advantage of the convergence between community interaction and mobile entertainment. I look forward to applying my expertise and passion to Gamefederation's goal of dramatically expanding its leading position in the mobile entertainment industry."
About Gamefederation
Gamefederation ( www.gamefederation.com) provides unique mobile solutions for the wireless world. Its ground-breaking product suite, including GEX, a connected mobile middleware and distribution platform, and INK, a mobile game development engine for interactive narratives, allow it to provide wide ranging solutions to the wireless market, ranging from social networking game services, to adver-gaming, ODP and interactive mobile applications. Clients and partners benefiting from Gamefederation's technology and expertise include leading publishers and media companies such as Vivendi Games Mobile, Finesse Mobile, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Eidos, Hutch, Tele2 and Dhruva Interactive.
For more information on Gamefederation, please visit www.gamefederation.com
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Thomas Lindgren
CEO
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