Frontier Developments plc announced that David Braben will transition into the newly created role of President and Founder, an Executive Director position, where he will retain his leadership and vision for Frontier's strategic direction, whilst maintaining and building key relationships within the games industry and the wider digital entertainment sector. Frontier has also announced that David Gammon will retire as Chairman in December 2022 after serving his full term on the board. David Gammon will be succeeded by David Wilton who will join the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman Designate on 22 September 2022, becoming Chairman when David Gammon retires in December 2022.

David Wilton brings a wealth of experience of high growth businesses across multiple sectors, including games. Most recently, he has been CFO of Sumo Group plc from where he will be retiring on 31 October 2022. He is an experienced Non-Executive Director, consultant and qualified chartered accountant with many years in corporate finance, primarily in mid cap M&A with Rothschild & Co.

He is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of CVS Group plc, the AIM quoted veterinary services group. Also effective from August 10, 2022, James Dixon, Frontier's current Senior Director of Operations, has joined the Board as Chief Operating Officer. James has worked with David Braben and Jonny Watts for over 24 years and has been integral to Frontier's success over that time, particularly during the significant scale-up phases of the last decade.

James will provide support to Jonny Watts in his new CEO role, and to the whole Board, as Frontier continues to grow and evolve. Jessica Bourne, Frontier's current Head of Legal, has been promoted into the role of General Counsel and Company Secretary, effective from August 10, 2022. Jessica joined Frontier in October 2020 and has provided excellent support throughout that time.

She is a qualified Solicitor having broad experience of in-house practice in a number of organizations including PA Consulting Group. Jessica has previous experience of the games industry from her time at Ninja Theory Limited and their acquisition by Microsoft in 2018. Jessica will take over company secretarial responsibilities from Alex Bevis, Chief Financial Officer, which will allow Alex to focus more time on strategic planning and stakeholder management.

It will also provide an improved segregation of duties, and will deliver clear leadership across the distinct areas of finance (Alex) and legal (Jessica). Alex will continue to be responsible for all aspects of HR in addition to his finance and investor relations responsibilities.