The Board of Directors
Information on Executive Directors
Kevin Rountree, Chief Executive Officer. Kevin joined Games Workshop in March 1998 as an Assistant Group Accountant. He then had various management roles within Games Workshop, including Head of Sales for the Other Activities division (including Black Library, Licensing and Sabertooth Games). Kevin was appointed Chief Financial Officer in October 2008, Chief Operations Officer in 2011 and Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2015. He is a qualified chartered management accountant and prior to joining Games Workshop, Kevin was the management accountant at J Barbour & Sons Limited.
Liz Harrison, Group Finance Director. Liz joined Games Workshop in March 2000 as a Finance Manager for the German sales business. She has had various roles in finance and business analysis within Games Workshop and had been the Group Reporting Manager since February 2013. Liz was appointed as Group Finance Director on 18 September 2024. Liz is a qualified chartered accountant and trained at Coopers and Lybrand.
Neil Tomlinson, Group Operations Director. Neil joined Games Workshop in February 2018 as Head of Merchandise Planning. He has had various management roles across the Group, including the position of Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Director which he held prior to his appointment as Group Operations Director on 2 June 2025. Prior to Games Workshop, Neil held management positions at J Sainsbury's and ASDA Walmart.
Max Bottrill, Group Product Director. Max joined Games Workshop in July 1996 as an Assistant in the Legal and Licensing department. Over the last 29 years he has managed various areas of the business, including manufacturing and logistics, and was IP and Product Director, prior to his appointment to the Board.
Information on Non-Executive Directors
Mark Lam was appointed to the Board on 11 April 2023 and became Non-Executive Chair on 1 November 2024. He is also currently a non-executive director of Lowland Investment Company plc and chair of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. Mark has many years of board experience in telecommunications and information technology. Mark was previously chief technology and information officer of Openreach and a senior executive at BT Group.
Randal Casson was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2022 and became Senior Independent Director on 26 November 2024. Randal qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC. He worked there for 35 years, the last 22 years of which he was an audit partner. He retired from PwC on 30 June 2022. Randal also holds an independent non-executive director role with The Smarter Web Company PLC.
Eric Maugein was appointed to the Board on 3 February 2025. Eric has more than 35 years of experience in the consumer goods sector and spent 20 years of his career at The LEGO Group. Most recently, Eric was the regional president at The LEGO Group Asia Pacific. Eric has considerable experience in building and leading successful strategies for new markets in the Middle East, Europe and Asia, defining and implementing expansions in markets such as China and India.
Nilufer Kheraj was appointed to the Board effective 1 January 2026. Nilufer is a Non-Executive Director at Legal & General Group Plc. Her executive career was spent at Slaughter and May where she worked for 31 years, the last 27 years of which as a partner in one of the firm’s corporate and commercial groups. She retired from Slaughter and May in 2021.
Company Secretary
Ross Matthews was appointed as Group Company Secretary on 1 December 2019. He joined Games Workshop in May 2010 and has had various legal roles within Games Workshop currently as General Counsel since January 2015. Ross qualified as a solicitor in 2006, and previously worked in private practice with Flint Bishop LLP.
