January 2026 Gaming Industry Appointments: Ubisoft Names Valentine Piedelievre-Eman as Chief Commercial Officer

The gaming industry has seen a series of significant appointments in January 2026. Valentine Piedelievre-Eman has been appointed as the Chief Commercial Officer at Ubisoft, effective February 2, 2026. In this role, she will oversee the development and implementation of the company's global communications and corporate brand strategy, reporting to Cécile Russeil, Executive Vice President of Communications, Corporate Affairs, DIA, Human Resources, and Legal. Piedelievre-Eman brings extensive experience in communications, having previously served as Vice President of Corporate Communications at Warner Bros. Discovery for Western Europe and Africa. Dan Prigg has been appointed as EVP and Head of Games at Paramount, where he will be responsible for executing the company's long-term interactive entertainment strategy. Prigg was previously Executive Vice President and Head of Studio at Skydance Interactive. Secret Mode has appointed Dan Robinson as VP of Marketing and Ade Lawton as Publishing Director. Robinson will lead the publisher's marketing team, while Lawton will oversee publishing efforts for multiple major titles. Other notable appointments include Terri Chudzik as Strategic Governance Partner on Microsoft's Game Content and Studios COO team, Chris Leggett as Xbox Senior Communications Manager, and Jo Cooke as CEO at Frontier Developments. Niantic has appointed Jori Pearsall as SVP of Games, who will lead the developer's Tokyo Studio and oversee cross-functional teams. Katie Scott has been named Head of Minecraft Vanilla at Mojang Studios, where she will support the team in capturing the game's potential. Nitro Games has promoted Antti Ruonala to COO and Milka Tarkiainen to CPO, while Jay Kim has joined Kuro Games as General Manager of Korea. Johny Scaglione has been promoted to Executive Producer at Azra Games, and Jeremy Griffith has been promoted to Creative Director of Theorycraft Games. Raptor PR has hired Chris Redgrave as Business Development Executive, and CJ Melendez has been promoted to Vice President of Public Relations at UberStrategist.