Marie-Claire Isaaman
Women in Games
Marie-Claire Isaaman is CEO of Women in Games (WIG). She engages globally with businesses and organisations in the games & esports, tech & educational sectors to advance gender equity, diversity & belonging.
She leads on WIG research and innovation projects. She is an ‘Industry Fellow’ for InGame, a UK AHRC & UKRI Creative Industries Cluster Programme and was WIG Executive Project Director for a successful 2020/21 Business-led Innovate UK, competitive grant in response to Covid-19 global disruption. She co-authored the Women in Games Guide: Building a Fair Playing Field (Published 2022).
In 2018 at GameRome she was given a unique award for her outstanding work in diversity initiatives. She features in the 2019 Global Game Industry ‘50 over 50’ list and is named in the GamesIndustry.Biz 100 most influential people in Video Games list 2020. In March 2022 she received the ‘MCV Outstanding Achievement Award’ for her work in the Games Industry along with accepting two Awards for Women in Games for gamesindustry.biz “Best Places to Work Diversity Award” and the ‘TIGA Games Industry Diversity Award’. In 2023 she received a Stevie Award for Women in Business, with Women in Games also receiving a similar award for the organisation.
