Sumo Group
Rachel Elsegood is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in various roles within the industry. Currently serving as the Senior Finance Manager and North American Acquisition Integration Lead at Sumo Group plc since June 2018, Rachel has previously held positions including Finance Manager, Group Internal Auditor at United Utilities from April 2017 to June 2018, and several roles at KPMG UK between October 2013 and March 2017, including Assistant Manager and Audit Assistant. Rachel is a qualified ACA from ICAEW, having completed the program from 2013 to 2016, and holds a degree in International Management with American Business from The University of Manchester, as well as a degree in Business Management from the University of Florida.
Sumo Group
We are Sumo Group, one of the UK’s largest providers of end-to-end creative development and co-development services to the video games and entertainment industries. Sumo Group floated on the AIM in December 2017 and was acquired by Tencent in January 2022 is made up of three operating businesses – Sumo Digital, Auroch Digital and Secret Mode – employing over 1400 talented people across 19 studios in the UK, Poland, Canada and India. Sumo Digital, established in 2003, is one of the UK’s largest independent developers of AAA video games, offering turnkey and co-development solutions to some of the world’s leading publishers, including Sony, Microsoft, SEGA and 2K. It is also home to the Sumo Digital Academy initiative, a talent development programme bringing skilled graduates into the games industry. Sumo Digital is made up of 16 game development studios across the UK, India and Poland. Secret Mode is a video games publisher, focused on delivering fresh and new gaming experiences to players and building expansive and fulfilling communities around those games. It publishes titles developed within Sumo Group and also by independent developers. Auroch Digital is a Bristol-based videogame developer and publisher with a focus on original IP creation. All three companies have deep relationships with some of the world’s largest video game publishers, developers, platform manufacturers, and entertainment brands, including Microsoft, Sony, SEGA, Apple, Warner Bros., and Marvel.