Gfinity appoints Rebekah Billingsley as Managing Director of GDM

Gfinity is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Managing Director of its Digital Media division, GDM.

Rebekah Billingsley is currently Global Marketing Director at Ecco Shoes. She previously held senior marketing, digital, content & business development roles at prominent businesses, including: Cedar Communications; John Brown Publishing; BBC Worldwide; EMAP; and Hachette (where she oversaw Digital Spy).

Gfinity Digital Media continues to grow its portfolio of specialist gaming, e-sports and entertainment titles. The success of its popular brands, including Epicstream, Gfinity Esports, and RacingGames, is the ideal foundation for the fast-growing network, which now reaches almost 20 million unique users every month.

Rebekah will join GDM at the beginning of October. She will not be classified as a PDMR.

Hugo Drayton, non-executive director at Gfinity plc and interim MD at GDM, commented: “Rebekah brings huge business experience and digital publishing knowledge to GDM. We are delighted that she has agreed to join our ambitious company, to steer our Digital Media division through its next period of growth. We have assembled a young, dynamic team, which will now benefit from Rebekah’s leadership and experience.

Rebekah Billingsley added: “This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing media business in a vibrant sector. I look forward to collaborating with the talented, ambitious team across GDM’s titles as we approach the next phase of growth.”