Amir Satvat is a leading voice in games, known for helping over 3,500 gamers find jobs through free, transparent resources. A passionate community builder, he does this alongside his role as Business Development Director at Tencent Games in North America. With nearly 20 years of experience at Amazon, Goldman Sachs, and more — and degrees from Wharton, Penn, NYU, and Boston College — Amir brings deep insight into industry trends. His mission is to make games more open and supportive for all. Through his data and dedication, Amir Satvat’s Games Community is reshaping how people access opportunity in the industry.

Leanne has been making video games for over 20 years. Starting in Indie development in the UK working on titles such as Scrabble, Risk and Magic the Gathering. After that she worked at a 3rd party publishing division in Japan for a couple of years, then returned to the UK to join Electronic Arts. It was here that Leanne married her love for cars and games by heading up multiple Need for Speed titles. Moving to Los Angeles, Leanne joined Riot Games, where she created and ran Riot Forge - Riots 3rd party development and publishing label working with external developers to create League of Legends single player story games.
Most recently Leanne was Head of External game development and publishing at Netflix where she helped create the strategy and foundations for Netflix Games. She was responsible for sourcing and running a portfolio of 150+ games, working with a variety of developers from all around the world to bring games to Netflix members. Now Leanne is heading up games at Annapurna, where she oversees publishing, development, and creative
Leanne is a passionate ambassador for Women In Game and focuses on encouraging women to join the industry and creating diversity in teams through mentorship, panels and events.

Dave Sanderson is a 20-year veteran of the entertainment industry, holding lead roles in business and creative development across the spectrum of games, film, and television. Dave has specialized in external development since 2015 and joined the XDS Advisory Committee in 2020. In 2024, Dave joined Scopely, leading ExDev on an unannounced global title.

Juney is the XDI Operations Director at Electronic Arts, where she supports the XDI team, enabling 50+ EA franchises & central teams like FC, Battlefield, The Sims, Apex Legends and Frostbite through finding, signing and optimising external development engagements with uniquely diverse partners worldwide. She is also the Founder & Director of the Game Production Community, a 6.000+ member B2B game industry community of producers, project managers and leaders focused on exchanging knowledge & experiences in pursuit of sustainable, diverse, and profitable game development practices.

Daphné is Production Director at Virtuos Montréal, where she leads multi-disciplinary teams and drives co-development initiatives with top-tier global partners. With a strong background in external development and a deep understanding of creative pipelines, she brings expertise across complex projects, gameplay-oriented mandates, and art pipelines. Passionate about building efficient processes and empowering teams, she focuses on ensuring alignment, collaboration, and delivery excellence throughout every stage of development.