Desodt succeeds former Larian studio head Tara Saunders, who is now senior people partner at Lego Digital Play<\/p>\n
Image credit: BAFTA <\/p>\n
Interior Night studio head Charu Desodt has been appointed chair of the BAFTA Games Committee.<\/p>\n
Desodt succeeds former Larian studio head Tara Saunders, who has since joined Lego Digital Play as senior people partner.<\/p>\n
“As my tenure as chair of the BAFTA Games Committee and member of the BAFTA Board of Trustees comes to a close, I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who made this journey so unforgettable over the last 10 years,” said Saunders.<\/p>\n
Desodt has over 25 years of industry experience, including senior production roles at Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, and Preloaded. She is also a member of the UK Video Games Council.<\/p>\n
She joined Interior\/Night in 2018 as production director and became studio director in December 2022.<\/p>\n
Desodt is one of three new committee chairs elected to BAFTA’s Board of Trustees, along with Hilary Rosen as Chair of the Academy.<\/p>\n
Rosen, UKTV’s director of commissioning, has been a BAFTA Television Committee member since 2021 and later served as its chair.<\/p>\n