Mobile publisher Glu has announced that former sales director Olivier Bernard has been appointed as the general manager for the EMEA region with immediate effect.
Bernard has been at Glu for three years, having initially joined as territory manager for France and the Benelux region. He was then made EMEA sales director back in February 2008, when EMEA MD Frank Keeling described him as an "exemplary leader".
"I'm very proud to take this opportunity within Glu and look forward to leading our EMEA organisation," Bernard told us in a statement.
"Our focus and knowledge for the future is to continue to implement the expansion of Glu's high-quality gaming experiences across the widest range of platforms."
The move follows an attempt by the publisher to refocus development on smartphone formats, Glu intending to target both Android handsets and Palm's Pre in the near future.
It's been a turbulent time overall for one of the west's largest mobile publishers, EMEA MD Keeling having left the company back in September last year.
Speaking to PocketGamer.biz yesterday, Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi responded to claims that the outfit had also been slow to respond to emerging smartphone markets by stating that the future looks bright.
"We're in the middle of the storm at the moment, but over a three to five year period we expect the market to grow multiple times and see our revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars," he said. "I'm very optimistic."
News
With a fine eye for detail, Keith Andrew is fuelled by strong coffee, Kylie Minogue and the shapely curve of a san serif font.
Top Stories
Feature
May 17th, 2024
New release roundup: The best new mobile games from a battle royale to a console classic remake
Feature
May 16th, 2024
Behind the scenes: How adding sandwich offers to an idle merge game boosted three metrics at once
Events
Digital Dragons | Europe | May 19th |
GamesBeat Summit 2024 | North America | May 20th |
Mobidictum Meetup Tallinn May 2024 | Europe | May 21st |
Nordic Game Spring 2024 | Nordic | May 21st |
Impact 2024 - Indie Games | May 23rd | |
Morocco Gaming Expo | Africa | May 24th |
MomoCon 2024 | North America | May 24th |
Unreal Fest Gold Coast 2024 | Australasia | May 29th |
Popular Stories
Feature
May 14th, 2024
53 top mobile games in soft launch: Squad Busters, Battle Guys: Royale, Plants vs. Zombies 3, LEGO Hill Climb Adventures, and more
Feature
May 13th, 2024
Hot Five: Dubai's new Gaming Visa, April's mobile game charts, and Xbox studio closures
Interview
May 13th, 2024