The Power Of Relationships - How To Lead From Within. Ann Hand, Chair & CEO of Super League $SLGG

Ann Hand, Chair and CEO


Super League [Nasdaq: SLGG]





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Ann Hand, Chair and CEO


Super League [Nasdaq: SLGG]





For nearly 30 years, Ann Hand has served as a market-facing
executive across several industries, including gaming,
sustainability and consumer retail. She has a proven track record
in brand creation and turn-around at the intersection of social
impact with consumer trends and technology. At her core, Ann is a
retailer, operator, and builder of enduring strategic
partnerships, brands and cultures.





A truly dynamic leader and an industry game changer, Ann is one
of the only female CEOs of a publicly traded gaming company. She
currently serves as Chair and CEO of Super League, a global
leader in building immersive entertainment experiences, mostly in
the gaming metaverse on platforms like Roblox and Minecraft.
Through Ann’s visionary guidance, the company has seen record
audience engagement and revenue growth, and she single-handedly
navigated Super League through the pandemic, driving significant
revenue in the new digital age. Having supported over 100 brands
in just the last year alone, including Paramount, Mattel,
Chipotle, Loreal and more, Super League engaged the company’s
vast network of game developers and creators to build unique
immersive experiences for dozens of high profile partners,
reaching over 120 million unique players a month. This, coupled
with Super League’s proprietary immersive media that delivers
material campaign results and brand lift, Super League helps
brands and partners create more phygital connections in this
brave new digital world. In her tenure at Super League, Ann has
become a preeminent expert in connecting with this new, immense
global audience - and creating a more intuitive, blended version
of one’s digital and real life.





Previous to Super League, Ann served as CEO of Project Frog from
2009 through 2014, a venture-backed firm whose mission is to
democratize healthy, inspired buildings that are better, faster,
greener, and more affordable than traditional alternatives. From
1998 through 2008, Ann served in a variety of senior executive
positions with BP plc, including most notably Senior Vice
President, Global Brand Marketing & Innovation from 2005 to
2008 overseeing the entire brand portfolio of B2C and B2B brands
including BP, Arco, am/pm and Aral. Prior to that, she ran the
Global Liquefied Gas Business Unit with $3 billion in annual
revenue and over 3000 employees worldwide.





Throughout her career, Ann has garnered industry recognition,
including being named to AdAge’s Leading Women of 2022 list, as
well as the soon-to-be-announced The List, a select group of
marketing, advertising and media leaders assembled by Ad Age in
partnership with Meta. In addition, she has been honored as one
of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, Top 10
Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs by Fortune, 100 Most Creative
People by Fast Company, 40 under 40 by Advertising Age, along
with Grand Clios and Cannes Lions awards for her work on several
integrated marketing campaigns for a variety of employers.





Ann earned a BA in Economics from DePauw University and a MBA
from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, along with
executive education at Cambridge, Harvard and Stanford
Universities. Having spent a significant part of her career
abroad in China and the UK she holds a dual US/UK citizenship,
but is a proud Midwesterner at heart.