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Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

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Date: Friday 02 Jan 2026







RNS Number : 3586N
Frontier Developments PLC
02 January 2026
 



2 January 2026


Frontier Developments plc


 Appointment of Chief Executive Officer


Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV, 'Frontier' or the 'Company'), a leading developer and publisher of video games based in Cambridge, UK, announces that, further to the announcement of 16 December 2025, Jo Cooke formally joined the Board as Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2026. As detailed in that announcement, Jonny Watts will remain on the Board until 31 May 2026 to support a smooth transition.


Additional information on Jo Cooke


Johanna (Jo) Mair Cooke (formerly McNevin), aged 59, holds or has held in the past five years the following directorships or partnerships:


















Current



Past (five years)



Hillside Clubhouse



UK Interactive Entertainment Associated Limited



Hillside Trading CIC






 


Jo Cooke currently holds 25,000 options over ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the Company under the Long Term Incentive Plan (the 'Options'). The exercise price of the Options is the nominal value of the ordinary shares, being 0.5p each. The Options are due to vest on 8 August 2028 and do not have performance conditions attached.


Save as disclosed above, Jo Cooke has confirmed that there is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.


Enquiries:


 






















































Frontier Developments 



+44 (0)1223 394 300



Jo Cooke, CEO






Alex Bevis, CFO












Peel Hunt - Nomad and Joint Corporate Broker



+44 (0)20 7418 8900



Neil Patel / Ben Cryer / Kate Bannatyne












Panmure Liberum - Joint Corporate Broker



+44 (0)20 3100 2000



Dru Danford / Shalin Bhamra












Teneo



+44 (0)20 7353 4200



Matt Low / Arthur Rogers






 


                               


About Frontier Developments plc


Frontier is a leading independent developer and publisher of video games founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the iconic Elite game. Based in Cambridge, Frontier uses its proprietary COBRA game development technology to create innovative genre-leading games, primarily for personal computers and videogame consoles.


Frontier's LEI number: 213800B9LGPWUAZ9GX18.


www.frontier.co.uk






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