Riot Games has promoted Leo Lin to the role of president of global mobile growth. Prior to this promotion, Lin served as the companyโs vice president and head of China for nearly six years. He will report directly toย Riot CEO Nicolo Laurent and will keep his position as Riot Games China director.
Prior to that, Lin worked at Riot and Tencentโs joint venture for esports, TJ Sports, as a co-CEO and as a board director. Lin also led the company in establishing the Global R&D Center in Shanghaiโs JingโAn District in July of 2021โ the first of such facilities outside of North America (Riot has a similar facility at its Los Angeles headquarters.
Lin previously worked for travel site TripAdvisor as chief operations officer for China, as a strategic advisor for global management consulting firm McKinsey, and at Procter & Gamble handling brand management for the companyโs Crest toothpaste brand, among other products.