Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ) announced that it has strengthened its leadership team through the appointment of Melanie Calu as the group's new Director of People and Culture. This appointment is a key element in ourambition to build a global gaming village of scale that helps gaming entrepreneurs accelerate growth. In this newly created role, Melanie will be critical to driving new collaborative ways of working across MTG's portfolio companies.

Melanie will collaborate with existing HR leaders across MTG, to help infuse the group with a culture that unleashes every employee's full potential and empowers the entrepreneurs who are part of MTG. She has a successful track record of leading people functions for both large-scale and start-up brands, most recently for the leading semiconductor company AMD. Prior to that she has held people leadership roles in the fields of e-commerce and digital media.