Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier and CFO Rashid Varachia have left the developer following its acquisition by EA.
EA told GamesIndustry.biz the pair’s departure has “always been part of the plan”, but was brought forward due to the speed of Codies’ integration into EA.
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F1 developer Codemasters and Project Cars developer Slight Mad, which Codies bought in November 2019, are being made a part of EA Sports, which is publishing F1 2021 next week.
SVP of product development Clive Moody and SVP of publishing Jonathan Bunney now lead Codies. Slightly Mad boss Ian Bell remains in charge of the London studio.
Sagnier joined Codemasters in 2014 after a two-year stint as boss of French social and mobile game developer IsCool Entertainment. Varachia, who played a key role in Codemasters’ listing on the stock market in 2018 and its integration with EA, exits after nine years at the company.