Board of Directors

Frank joined everplay as Non-Executive Chair in January 2024. 

Frank is a successful entrepreneur, commercial leader, and highly respected executive in the video games industry, with nearly 30 years of experience. He was appointed Chair of everplay group plc in August 2023. He is also Chair of Steel City Interactive, where he has helped launch
a globally successful sports IP (the acclaimed boxing game Undisputed). Previously, he has held executive and non-executive roles across PLCs, private equity, start-ups, and transformational turnarounds, contributing to major  companies such as Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Acclaim Entertainment and Funcom. Frank has contributed to the success of leading franchises including F1, FIFA, The Sims and Dirt Rally, helping generate billions in revenue.

Frank is best known for transforming Codemasters, joining in 2014 and leading the company to a $1.2 billion acquisition by Electronic Arts in 2021. He also chaired NDreams, overseeing its $110 million
exit to Aonic, and was on the board of Dovetail Games which was sold to Focus entertainment. Passionate about developing IP and talent, Frank continues to shape transformative businesses and lead growth in the gaming industry.

Mikkel joined the Board in January 2026 and is a highly accomplished gaming executive, with significant leadership, industry and M&A experience, having worked across a range of high growth
businesses. In 2016, Mikkel founded Nordisk Games, holding the role of Chief Executive Officer until 2023. Under his leadership, Nordisk Games grew from zero to over 1,300 employees across Europe and the United States, delivering organic growth alongside the acquisition of a number of European based games studios.

Mikkel is currently a Board member of M2
Animation and the Chair of Outlast Games.
Historically, Mikkel has held board roles for a number of gaming and high-growth  technology businesses, including NASDAQ-listed Trophy Games, Avalanche Studios Group, Supermassive Games, Raw Fury, Star Stable, and Trustpilot, and senior roles with Delphi Interactive, Bookatable and Match.com. 

Rashid joined the Board in October 2024, and is an experienced Chief Financial Officer with significant video games, M&A and capital markets experience. He joined everplay from Jagex, a developer and publisher of role-playing and online living games, including the iconic RuneScape franchise, where he held the role of Chief Financial Officer. During his tenure he helped deliver considerable organic growth and several successful acquisitions. In May 2024, Rashid was instrumental in the sale of Jagex to CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments.

Prior to Jagex, Rashid was Chief Financial Officer at Codemasters, the award-winning British video game developer and publisher specialising in high quality racing games. Rashid joined Codemasters in 2012 as Vice President of Finance, before being appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2015. In 2018 he was an integral part of the team that oversaw Codemasters’ £280 million listing on the London Stock Exchange, and in 2021, in partnership with Frank Sagnier, led the sale of the business to Electronic Arts Inc. for $1.2 billion. 

Debbie is an industry leader and gaming legend with almost 40 years’ experience in the games industry and is one of the founding members of Team17 in December 1990. Initially leading Team17’s sales and marketing department, Debbie went on to become responsible for all commercial and
legal aspects of the business, working globally with top tier games distributors, publishers, developers and licence partners. Debbie became joint CEO in 2009 and sole CEO in 2010, leading the Group through its 2011 management buy out and transformational turn around, the  subsequent sale of a minority stake to LDC in 2016, followed by the Group’s IPO on AIM in 2018, now listed as everplay group plc.

Debbie was awarded an MBE for services to the video games industry in 2016, was joint winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year UK Disruptor category in 2017, and was awarded the inaugural Outstanding Contribution to the UK Games Industry at the 2017 Golden Joystick Awards. 

Previously, Debbie has been honoured with the Hall of Fame award at the European Women in Games Conference 2015, MCV Person of the Year award in 2015, was voted AIM Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020 and was awarded the highly prestigious Develop Star Award in 2021.

Debbie stepped down in 2023 as Group Chief Executive Officer to focus on time with her children after almost four decades in games. She is a very active supporter for Women in Business and Tech, and her charity Active Respite that supports under-privileged children and lower income families in the UK. Debbie continues to  mentor up and coming talent as individuals but also invests and mentors new start-ups in video games. 

Penny joined the Board in 2018 in advance of the successful IPO on AIM and is Chair of the Audit Committee. Penny has over 30 years’ experience in Compliance, Regulation, Corporate Finance and Audit. Penny is currently Chair of FRP Advisory Group PLC, a Non-Executive Director of TruFin plc (where she serves as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee) and a Non-Executive Director of Trading 212 UK Ltd. Penny was, until June 2016, a Managing Director and
EMEA Head of Compliance at Nomura International plc, a position she held for three years, where responsibilities included regulatory and reputational risk  management. Prior to this, Penny worked at UBS Investment Bank for nine years and held the position of Managing Director, EMEA Head of Compliance. Penny also acted as Head of Equity Markets at the London Stock Exchange and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Peter was appointed Non-Executive Director in August 2023. Peter is a highly experienced NED, having spent fourteen years in several non executive roles across a wide range of boards. Beginning his career as an equity research analyst at Panmure Gordon, Peter later moved to UBS
where he specialised in the UK Technology sector, before going on to become Chief Operating Officer of UBS European Equity Research, where responsibilities included regulatory, financial, litigation and  reputational risk management across
the department. Since leaving UBS in 2011, Peter has served on a variety of boards,  and is currently Chair and Audit Committee Chair of Kooth plc, NED and RemCo chair at Celebrus Technologies plc and NED and Audit Committee chair at Aurrigo International plc.