Richard Christopher Wilson (born 1968) is the
Chief Executive Officer
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of UK development trade body
TIGA.
Education
Wilson was educated at
Abingdon School
Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...
from 1979-1986 and then the
University of Reading
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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
The Institute of Directors (IoD) is a British professional organisation for company directors, senior business leaders and entrepreneurs. It is the UK's longest running organisation for professional leaders, having been founded in 1903 and incor ...
from 1998 until 2006 before he became the Director of Communications for the
Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering.
The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...
from 2006 until 2008.
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.
Richard is the Vice-President of the charity SpecialEffect and is the director of Creative Skillset’s Video Games Skills Council and the European Game Developers’ Federation, in addition to being a visiting professor at the University of Portsmouth.
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
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for services to the video game industry.
See also
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List of Old Abingdonians
Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organ ...
References
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Living people
1968 births
People educated at Abingdon School
Place of birth missing (living people)