DR JO TWIST

Dr Jo Twist is CEO of UKIE, the trade body for games and interactive entertainment in the UK, whose mission is to make the UK the best place in the world to make games. Previously, Jo was Channel 4 Commissioning Editor, Education, where she commissioned Digital Emmy-winning Battlefront II; a stable of free to play browser and iOS games and several social media projects. Jo was Multiplatform Commissioner for BBC Entertainment & Switch, BBC Three Multiplatform Channel Editor, and in a former life a technology reporter for BBC News.  She is a London Tech Ambassador, sits on the Bafta Games Committee, a number of other boards and advisory groups, one of the Top 100 UK Women in Video Games, on the MCV 100 Brit list and a BIMA Hot 100 in digital.