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Wouter Sleijffers Joins ELO Agency as a Co-Founder

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James Fudge

Former Fnatic and GIANTX CEO Wouter Sleijffers has joined ELO Agency as a co-founder, alongside Roald Van Buuren and Jan Moerland. 

The London-based agency was formally announced in late April by former FACEIT and ESL esports events executives Roald Van Buuren and Jan Moerland.

This new firm aims to help game developers, esports teams, sports clubs, and other companies interested in the competitive gaming landscape with event management solutions that “streamline the complex process of esports events planning and execution.”

It is unclear, as of this writing, what Sleijffers’ role and purpose within the agency will be. In a social media post announcing the news, said:

“I’m really happy to be joining Roald Van Buuren and Jan Moerland as co-founder for ELO Agency. This embarks the starting point of a larger mission with more to come.”

Van Buuren spent more than a decade at UK-based tournament platform FACEIT as director of esports, VP of events,  and VP of marketing—he left the company in the summer of 2022. Moerland joined the company from ESL FACEIT Group, where he spent more than a year as tournament manager and, prior to that, more than two years as league operations manager at FACEIT before it was acquired and combined with ESL by Saudi Arabian government-owned Savvy Games Group.

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With a career spanning over two decades in the esports and gaming journalism landscape, James Fudge stands as a seasoned veteran and a pivotal figure in the evolution of esports media. His journey began in 1997 at Game-Wire / Avault, where he curated gaming and community news, laying the groundwork for his expertise in the field. In his more recent roles, James cemented his status as an authority in the esports business sphere as Senior Editor Esports at Sports Business Journal and The Esports Observer between 2018 and 2021.

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