Richard Wilson (born 1968)

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Dr Richard Wilson OBE
Born1968 (age 5354)
NationalityBritish
OccupationCEO

Richard Christopher Wilson (born 1968) is the Chief Executive Officer of UK development trade body TIGA. [1]

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Education

Wilson was educated at Abingdon School from 1979-1986 and then the University of Reading where he gained a PhD. He also holds a Chartered Management Institute Diploma in Management.

Career

He was the Head of Business Policy at the Institute of Directors from 1998 until 2006 [2] before he became the Director of Communications for the Royal Academy of Engineering from 2006 until 2008. [3]

In March 2008 he joined TIGA as their CEO. He campaigned for Video Games Tax Relief and introduced the TIGA University Accreditation system in 2015. Under his tenure TIGA has achieved Investors in People status (accredited to Bronze Status), achieved 27 business awards and commendations since 2010 and launched the TIGA Games Industry Awards to celebrate business, creative and technical excellence. [4]

Richard is the Vice-President of the charity SpecialEffect [5] and is the director of Creative Skillset’s Video Games Skills Council and the European Game Developers’ Federation, [6] in addition to being a visiting professor at the University of Portsmouth. [7]

He was formerly a Non-Executive Director for the Adult Learning Inspectorate and Improve, Chairman of the Better Payment Practice Group and a Governor at Christ the King School, Reading.

New Year Honours

Wilson was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to the video game industry. [8] [9]

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References

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  2. "Academy appoints Dr Richard Wilson as Director of Communications". Royal Academy of Engineering.
  3. "Engineering firms re-design the future of work". Royal Academy of Engineering.
  4. "About TIGA and our Industry". TIGA.
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  8. "New Year's Honours 2018". Cabinet Office.
  9. "Welwyn Garden City CEO 'delighted' with OBE honour". Welwyn Hatfield Times.