Team17 Group plc announced the appointment of Steve Bellas Chief Executive Officer. Steve will join the Board on 4 September 2023 as Group Chief Executive Officer Designate, formally assuming the role of Group Chief Executive Officer from 1 January 2024. Debbie Bestwick MBE will continue in the role of Group Chief Executive Officer until 31 December 2023, working closely with Steve in the initial months of his appointment to ensure a smooth transition and hand over and as previously announced,will then join the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1January 2024.

Steve joins from Iris Worldwide Holdings Limited ("Iris"), a global integrated marketing agency specialising in brand and digital marketing strategy, which he co-founded in 1999. Steve has amassed extensive digital marketing expertise, having held senior leadership roles since co-founding Iris in 1999, including the role of Global Group Chief Executive since 2021. Managing over 1000employees in14 offices around the world, Steve has overseen Iris' work with some of the biggest, most creatively driven and technologically advanced global brands and has been instrumental in developing and delivering Iris' commercial and M&A strategies.

Prior to co-founding Iris, Steve worked for the advertising and retail agency Arc Worldwide, spending over five years working across a number of high-profile integrated accounts.