{"id":2,"date":"2026-09-21T08:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:56:36","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwenael Heliou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Executive Leader \u00b7 Studio Builder \u00b7 Board &amp; Strategic Advisor<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"http:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GwenHeliou1.png\" alt=\"Gwen Heliou headshot\" class=\"wp-image-16\" style=\"width:221px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GwenHeliou1.png 1600w, https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GwenHeliou1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GwenHeliou1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GwenHeliou1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GwenHeliou1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GwenHeliou1-1536x1536.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am an international game industry executive with 25+ years of experience spanning creative and technical development, product, operations, studio leadership, and organizational strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over my career, I have worked across AAA, mobile and live games, including leadership roles with Ubisoft, Amber, and Twin Harbour \/ Stillfront, as well as industry and board-level involvement in Canada and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My work focuses on building and transforming studios, aligning product and business strategy, leading through organizational change, and helping teams operate effectively across international environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I currently lead a game studio within an international games organization, based in Malta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Selected areas of expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Executive &amp; studio leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Game product &amp; portfolio strategy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Studio building and organizational transformation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International operations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Product development &amp; live games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Executive advisory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Board &amp; industry governance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This site is currently being developed and will bring together my professional background, selected projects and credits, publications, speaking engagements, and independent sources documenting my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For professional, board or advisory inquiries:<\/strong><br>[<a href=\"mailto:gwen@gwenaelheliou.com\">gwen@gwenaelheliou.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gwenheliou\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gwenheliou\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Leader \u00b7 Studio Builder \u00b7 Board &amp; Strategic Advisor I am an international game industry executive with 25+ years of experience spanning creative and technical development, product, operations, studio leadership, and organizational strategy. Over my career, I have worked across AAA, mobile and live games, including leadership roles with Ubisoft, Amber, and Twin Harbour &#8230; <a title=\"Gwenael Heliou\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gwenael Heliou\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20,"href":"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwenaelheliou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}