Sega Europe Ltd. has announced the departure of the COO and President Jurgen Post, who has been with Sega for over a decade and has filled the roles of Managing Director and Senior Vice President in the past.
Post took over as COO and President in 2012, and "instigated and oversaw a seismic shift in Sega Europe's business operation back in 2012, making the very difficult decision to streamline the company's European setup, closing the European offices and doubling down on a newly formed pillar structure. The pillar structure was at the time Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive, Alien and Sonic the Hedgehog, and the aim was, and still is, to focus on quality consumer experiences instead of quantity," the press release explains.
Since then Sega Europe has acquired two new studios, Relic Entertainment and Amplitude Studios, as well as acquiring Crytek Black Sea, which is now called Creative Assembly Sofia. Partnerships have also been signed with companies such as Microsoft and Wargaming to secure IP and build new franchises too.
"Jurgen leaving us is a huge loss, but he leaves Sega Europe with the business in a fantastic position and in the capable hands of a superb team who will strive to keep moving it forward", said Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, CEO for Sega West. "We wish Jurgen all the very best for the future and in his new role and hope that his employees there will find him as inspirational and as motivating as we did here."
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