Curated by Sharna Jackson
“I’m delighted to be once again curating Ensemble, for its sixth edition, with another extremely bright, bold and brilliant cohort of talent drawn across different roles in the UK games industry. Once again, we forefront the importance of a diverse industry, by demonstrating its significance in the creation of rich and intoxicating worlds and experiences for everyone.”
Maja Bodenstein
Writer & Narrative designer
Terrence Cua
Talent Specialist & Manager
Jerreau Henry
Marketing Manager and DEI Chair
Rafif Kalantan
Co-Founder & Designer
Venkatesh Krishna Murthy
Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO
Dan Seto
Senior Communications Manager
Danielle ‘Ebonix’ Udogaranya
CEO & Founder
Nareice Wint
Indie Developer & Senior Producer
Previous Ensemble Cohorts
Ensemble 2023
Dr Romana Ramzan
Producer
Samuel Amini Schaife
Indie studio founder
Wayne Emanuel
Global partner lead at TikTok
Yoyu Li
Narrative designer & studio founder
Ben Wilson
Creative producer
Cassandra Hughes
Streamer & content creator
Chirag Machhar
Technical audio designer
Roman Alkan
Indie games studio founder
Ensemble 2022
Adam Campbell
Award-winning producer and diversity campaigner
Haroon Thantrey
Jay Shin
Studio founder and lecturer
Jay-Ann Lopez
CEO and founder, Black Girl Gamers
Taiwo Omisore
Self-taught indie developer
Lili Ibrahim
Leah Muwanga-Magoye
Writer and narrative designer
John Lau
Producer and designer
Ensemble 2020
Abubakar Salim
BAFTA-nominated Actor/Producer launching his own games studio
Adrian Hon
Catherine Unger
Freelance 2D Artist/ Art Director who has worked with Nintendo, State of Play and Broken Rule
Corey Brotherson
Writer, editor and creative consultant for games, comics and TV
Elle Osili-Wood
Editor-in-Chief for Glass House Games and and presenter of video game content for the BBC.
Nida Ahmad
UX designer and researcher integrating scientific user research and UX processes in mobile games and advocating for accessible and player-centered design.
Nihal Tharoor
Interactive writer and co-founder of Electric Noir Studios, working on BAFTA-nominated interactive crime drama Dead Man’s Phone
Rosemary Buahin
Games Category Lead for Xbox, Vice Chair of BAME in Games and a board trustee for Into Games
Ensemble 2019
Anisa Sanusi
Brenden Gibbons
Luciana Nascimento
Malath Abbas
Quang Nguyen
Veteran developer who originally taught himself to program for the Game Boy, forming his own studio Asobi.tech in 2018
Ranjani Natarajan
Shay Thompson
Streamer and presenter for major clients including Xbox and McLaren, and founder of Glass House Games Media in 2019
Zi Peters
Level Designer for Sumo Digital who worked on the bestselling Hitman series which is renowned for its unique approach to level design.