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.