Laurie Spike

Spike is a games industry veteran with experience building esports production and business infrastructure across three continents and driving large, multi million dollar Esports revenue pipelines.
During his four years at ESL, the world’s largest Esports company, he held positions as Global Vice President of Publisher Relations, Managing Director UK and Managing Director Brazil.
Prior to ESL he worked for Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment overseeing their global Esports strategy and looking after the retention and engagement of all games for the EMEA market.
Spike was formerly co-Chair of the UK Interactive Entertainment’s Esports sub group.
Spike regularly plays competitive games online and has been playing Counter Strike since 2000.
Spike leads many of Hiro’s games and esports investments.