Mr Bonte will progressively assume his position starting in April of 2019 and transition to being fulltime Group COO in January 2020. During this transition period, he will continue his position as CEO of eRepublik Labs until a successor is appointed.

Before co-founding eRepublik, Mr Bonte worked for lastminute.com for six years, first as Head of Business development in the United Kingdom, Marketing and Sales director in France and then as MD for Italy. He holds a BA Honours Degree in International Business and Languages from the European Business School, London.

“I am very pleased to welcome Alexis to our executive management team. Alexis has extensive experience within the industry both as a founder and developer of online strategy games as well as an investor,” says Jörgen Larsson, CEO of Stillfront Group.

“In 2018 we completed three acquisitions, and Stillfront is today a global group of 11 studios with 500 professionals. Looking ahead, we strive to expand intra-group cooperation, increase the level of synergies as well as accelerate our growth agenda. Alexis deep know-how and industry expertise will be very valuable in further developing Stillfront”, the CEO adds.

“Since I decided to have eRepublik Labs join the Stillfront Group back in May of 2017, I have been able to experience first-hand how powerful the concept of an alliance of semi-autonomous studios that Jörgen and the team have put together is. I look forward to now help the Group scale that concept further and to support the growth acceleration of our existing studios”, says Mr Bonte.

Games studio eRepublik Labs was established in 2007. Today, eRepublik Labs has an international team of 40 professionals with offices in Dublin, Bucharest and Madrid.

Stillfront is a group of independent creators, publishers and distributors of digital games. Stillfront operates through eleven near-autonomous subsidiaries: Bytro Labs in Germany, Coldwood Interactive in Sweden, Power Challenge in the UK and Sweden, Dorado Online Games in Malta, Simutronics in the United States, Babil Games in UAE and Jordan, eRepublik in Ireland and Romania, OFM Studios in Germany, Goodgame Studios in Germany, Imperia Online, Bulgaria and Playa Games, Germany.

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Oleg Savschouk joined Goodgame Studios over seven years ago as Product Director and is — in his current role as VP Live Operations — responsible for the product development of games “Big Farm” and “Goodgame Empire”, the latter having more than 175 million users to date.

Phillip Knust joined Goodgame Studios over eight years ago as Product Manager and has since then led several production teams, releasing numerous products, the most popular being “Goodgame Empire”. Mr Knust is the creator of the game design of both “Goodgame Empire” and “Big Farm”.

In their new roles, Mr Savschouk and Mr Knust will continue to focus on long-lifecycle product development and contribute to long-term shareholder value, the press statement says.

“It is a privilege to lead this fundamentally strong company with iconic products and talent. Phillip and I will be working very hard in the coming years to further expand our brands. We will move with urgency and intense commitment to continue to drive revenue and profits for Goodgame and the Stillfront Group. I see an exciting future for Goodgame with profitable growth and more great products to come. I am eager to get going.” says Mr Savschouk, designated CEO of Goodgame Studios.

“I am very happy to see Goodgame Studios in such a strong position. The company is showing high profitability, popular brands, a great product pipeline and continues to be led by a highly skilled management team. Oleg and Phillip are experienced gaming industry experts with a strong  focus on building and managing long-lifecycle products. I look forward to working with Oleg and Phillip in their new roles”, adds Mr Larsson, CEO of Stillfront Group.

Stillfront is a group of independent creators, publishers and distributors of digital games. Stillfront operates through 11 near-autonomous subsidiaries: Coldwood Interactive in Sweden, Power Challenge in the UK and Sweden, Dorado Online Games in Malta, Simutronics in the United States, Babil Games in UAE and Jordan, eRepublik in Ireland and Romania, OFM Studios, Bytro Labs, Goodgame Studios and Playa Games in Germany, Imperia Online, Bulgaria.

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