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Deborah Bestwick
Deborah Bestwick
Born	United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Known for	Co-founder of Team17

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Deborah Bestwick MBE is a co-founder of British video game developer Team17.

Career

Bestwick began her career in retail, working her way up to store promotional manager for an indie video games chain, where she opened over 100 concessions for the Burton Group.^[1] She started in Team17 by heading up the Sales and Marketing department, then went on to become responsible for all of the Commercial and Legal aspects of the business.^[2]

Awards

Bestwick was made an MBE in the 2016 Birthday Honours#Member of the Order of the British Empire .28MBE.29 for services to the computer games industry.^[3]

External links

References

^ "Top 100 Women in Games: Debbie Bestwick". MCV. February 4, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
^ "Debbie Bestwick". PGC. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
^ "Team17 founder Debbie Bestwick made MBE". BBC. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.

[MCV-1] "Top 100 Women in Games: Debbie Bestwick". MCV. February 4, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2016.

[PGC-2] "Debbie Bestwick". PGC. Retrieved June 18, 2016.

[BBC-3] "Team17 founder Debbie Bestwick made MBE". BBC. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.

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