Thumbstar's CEO Gareth Edmondson takes over the reins at GameHorizon

The position of CEO of GameHorizon - a UK games business network - has been appointed to Gareth Edmondson, the new CEO of mobile publisher Thumbstar, after previous CEO Darren Jobling stepped down.

Edmondson, who had left a managing director role at Ubisoft Newcastle in order to take on his current position at Thumbstar, highlighted his ambitions in his new role.

"The industry is going through a dramatic change with numerous small development teams starting up as well as the larger studios taking on ever more ambitious projects and I'm very much looking forward to the opportunity to support the network and the regional games industry," he commented.

Passing the baton

The position was previously held by Darren Jobling, who after seven years had made the decision to step down in September 2011, due to the increase in his responsibilities as COO of developer Eutechnyx.

"It's been a great experience to grow GameHorizon from first principles into a global network with a highly rated annual executive conference," said Jobling, who will remain as a member of the GameHorizon board.

"However, it's now time to hand the baton of responsibility on to Gareth so as to allow me to focus my energies on Eutechnyx and, specifically, the launch of Auto Club Revolution in the coming year."

Both Jobling and Edmondson will be making an appearance on the speakers panel - alongside PocketGamer.biz - at the upcoming GameHorizon 2012 conference, due to take place at the Sage Gateshead on June 27-28.