ELSPA Announces New Chairman

Friday 22 July 2005/... ELSPA, the collective identity of the UK computer and video games industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chairman of its board. Andy Payne, head of Mastertronic and Just Flight, was voted in as Chairman at the Annual General Meeting this week, replacing retiring Chairman Scott Dodkins, who was recently appointed European managing director at Eidos.

ELSPA also confirmed David Yarnton, Nintendo, as vice-chariman and welcomed Mike Hayes of Sega and Serhad Koro of Take 2 Interactive to the board.

Roger Bennett, director general of ELSPA, says: "Scott has been an enthusiastic and dedicated chairman for the past two years. He has helped considerably in seeing ELSPA through a period of change and media furore and we wish to extend our thanks for his invaluable contribution. Andy will, we believe, continue this excellent work and help to lead ELSPA forward into a new era."

The full ELSPA board for 2005/2006 comprises:

Chairman - Andy Payne, Mastertronic

Vice-Chairman - David Yarnton, Nintendo

Scott Dodkins, Eidos

Kevin Jowatt, Sony Computer Entertainment

Adam Roberts, Vivendi Universal Games

Mike Hayes, Sega

Serhad Koro, Take 2 Interactive

Paul Jackson, Electronic Arts

Rob Cooper, Ubisoft

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About ELSPA - http://www.elspa.com

ELSPA (The Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association) was founded in 1989 to establish a specific and collective identity for the computer and video games industry. Membership includes almost all companies concerned with the publishing and distribution of interactive leisure software in the UK.

ELSPA's activities include: Official Chart and Industry Reports, Anti-Piracy UK and EU, PR and Communication, Events. More information on all these activities can be found at http://www.elspa.com.