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Company Profile
Kwalee
Website
kwalee.com
About
Kwalee was founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters for many years.
Based in Leamington Spa, the UK’s biggest game development hub outside Greater London, our team includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of mobile gaming experts.
And in case you’re wondering, the Kwalee name comes from an Australian Aboriginal word meaning ‘wait for me’, a homage to David’s grandfather who taught him electronics and had a sailboat with the same name.
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Tarak Ford
Head of Development
Gabriel Tanasic
Head of Design
Simon Prytherch
Head of Publishing
Alexey Gusev
Head of Growth
David Darling
CEO
Waqas Khan
Lead Technical Product Manager
Mark Greenshields
VP of the Bangalore Studio
Callum Godfrey
Head of Casual Mobile Games
John Wright
Vice President, Mobile Publishing
Harry Lang
VP of Marketing
William Cox
Head of Mobile Publishing
Jack Griffin
Publishing Manager
Simon Platt
Head of Development
Sayeed Rahman
Publishing Manager
Verónica Miñano
Talent Acquisition Manager
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