Natalie Tydeman is a private equity investor and a Trustee of Nesta, a charitable foundation focused on increasing the innovation capacity of the United Kingdom, where she chairs the Venture Investment Committee and Nesta Investment Management. Between 2007 and 2016, Natalie was at GMT Communications Partners, one of Europe’s leading private equity specialists in the media and communications sectors, where she became Partner in 2010 and later promoted to Senior Partner in 2014. Natalie started her career as a strategy consultant at Braxton Associates, and later helped launch Excite in Europe, built Discovery Communications’ European internet operations, was Managing Director of Fox Kids Europe’s Online & Interactive division, and led Fremantle Media’s business diversification and corporate venturing activities as Senior Vice President.

Cristina Stenbeck, Chairman of the Nomination Committee: “The Nomination Committee is delighted to propose Natalie Tydeman as a new MTG Board Director. Natalie will bring valuable experiences from both traditional pay-TV broadcasting and new media and technology focused private equity investing, including online gaming. On behalf of the Nomination Committee I would also like to take this opportunity to extend our gratitude to Bart Swanson for his contribution to MTG’s development over the last years.”

The Nomination Committee comprises David Chance, Chairman of the MTG Board of Directors; Cristina Stenbeck, Kinnevik AB; Erik Durhan, Nordea Funds; and Yvonne Sörberg, Handelsbanken Funds. The Nomination Committee’s complete proposals are presented in the notice convening MTG’s Annual General Meeting.

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