May 08, 2023
Morgan Habedank proposed to Nitro Games’ Board
Shareholders representing approximately 56.59 percent of all shares and votes in Nitro Games Oyj propose to the Annual General Meeting that the current members of the Board of Directors Johan Biehl, Susana Meza Graham and Antti Villanen be re-elected and a new member Morgan Habedank be elected according to their consents. The term of office of the Board of Directors ends at the closing of the Annual General Meeting following the election.
“I’m very happy to join the board of Nitro Games and start working with the rest of its members. I am looking forward to drawing on my international background and experience to help the company realize its growth ambitions.” Said Morgan Habedank.
Morgan Habedank, born 1978
Morgan Habedank is the CFO for Nordisk Games and has 18 years’ experience in the media & entertainment industry. Previous roles include CFO of Nordisk Film Distribution and COO of Vertigo Releasing. Due to his time in the US, the UK, and Denmark, Morgan is experienced in working with international technology and media & entertainment companies at various stages of growth. Additionally, he has experience working with listed and unlisted companies. Morgan holds a Master of Accountancy degree from Brigham Young University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States.
Johan Biehl, born 1983
Chairman of board since 2020 and member of the Board since March 2019.
Johan Biehl is an investor and has devoted the last eight years to managing his personal investments. He is a board member and Investment manager at Feat Invest AB since 2016 and a board member at Zwipe AS since 2018. Johan is focused on small and micro caps and today has some ten investments in listed and unlisted companies in a variety of industries, with a predominance in tech companies. Johan has a background as an equity analyst, and before going into the financial industry, he held several positions in B2B sales and sales management. He has studied economics and business and holds a degree in finance from Stockholm University.
Antti Villanen, born 1973
Co-founder & Member of the board since 2008 and CSO of Nitro Games.
Antti Villanen is a digital media and game industry executive with 20 years of board and C-level experience from a more than 20 digital and gaming companies. Before founding Nitro Games, Antti co-founded the digital media studio Nitro FX Oy, where he worked as CEO, Executive Vice President, and board member during during 2000–2009. Before co-founding Nitro FX Oy, Antti worked as Digital Media Director at Sarajärvi& Hellén DDB Oy during 1999–2000 and in various Marketing and Sales-roles at Profectus Finland Oy during 1994–1999.
Susana Meza Graham, born 1976
Member of the board since 5.2022.
Susana Meza Graham has spent 18 years in the games industry. Previous roles include CMO and COO at Paradox Interactive (2004–2018), where she helped build the company from the ground up for 14 years. As part of the management team, she led the company through a number of phases, including a successful IPO and listing. She is the co-founder & Chairwoman of the independent investment company Aldeon (2020–). Aldeon focuses on games & tech founders in the early stages. Previous board assignments have included Supervisory Board member of international games company Funcom (2018–2020) and board member at the Association of Swedish Game Developers (2014–2017). Current board assignments include Chairwoman of games company Hello There Games (2021–), director of emotionally conscious AI company TRU LUV in Canada (2020–) as well as independent games label Cult Games. She also holds a variety of advisory board positions in games & tech. Susana Meza Graham holds a Bachelor’s degree from Stockholm University focused on international management and marketing.
For more information:
Jussi Tähtinen, CEO & Co-Founder
Phone: +358 44 388 1071
Email: jussi@nitrogames.com
Nitro Games in brief:
Nitro Games is a mobile game developer and publisher. Nitro Games team is a multinational group of mobile gaming professionals that has the expertise from development to publishing to live-operations. The Company focuses on producing high quality mobile games mostly for the mid-core audience. Nitro Games is specialized in the category of shooter games. With Nitro Games’ powerful NG Platform and the NG MVP process, the Company is able to carry out market validation with its games during development. Nitro Games has developed several games such as NERF: Superblast, Lootland, Heroes of Warland, Medals of War, Raids of Glory. The company offers its services also to selected customers and has developed several successful projects to leading mobile gaming companies.
Nitro Games’ shares are listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market with the ticker NITRO. The Certified Adviser is FNCA Sweden AB, info@fnca.se.
Finnish Business ID: FI21348196