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Press release:
Gothenburg, Sweden – July 6th, 2022.
Thunderful today announced that they are very delighted to welcome Jon Rooke as the new Vice President of Marketing. Jon joins Thunderful with over 25 years of experience in the games industry, most recently working as Senior Director, International Marketing and Communications at 2K Games, where he was responsible for leading marketing and communications across EMEA, Australia and New Zealand.

Jon’s impressive resume also includes roles working at internationally renowned companies like THQ, Microsoft, SEGA and Creative Assembly, holding senior leadership roles.

“I’m thrilled to be joining a growing and dynamic company like Thunderful” said Jon Rooke, VP of Marketing at Thunderful.

“I’m looking forward to bringing my experience of working on both established franchises and launching new IP to Thunderful and sharing my knowledge with their talented teams.”

“Jon’s incredible experience and background of working for some of the biggest players in the games industry is going be an invaluable resource to Thunderful and we are excited to have him join our growing team as Vice President of Marketing,” said Agostino Simonetta, Chief Games Officer of Thunderful.

“Jon will complement the fantastic team we already have here working to grow our successful games business.”

About Thunderful
Thunderful is a group of companies that develops, publishes and invests in games as well as distributes Nintendo products, games, game accessories and toys. Founded in 2017 Thunderful Games is one of the two business segments in Thunderful Group, the other being Thunderful Distribution. Over the last few years Thunderful has, organically and via acquisitions, grown into a global organization with nine development studios and over 300 employees. Besides the award-winning internal development pipeline, Thunderful also publishes a large number of third-party titles and invests in external game projects.

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround