Claire Hungate

Hungate is a media and entertainment executive who has spent her career building businesses around passionate audiences, from primetime television to digital creators and global esports. As president and COO of Team Liquid, one of the world's leading esports organisations, Hungate oversees a fan-first business spanning community, creator talent management, merchandise, brand partnerships, live events and Liquipedia, the esports wiki used by millions of fans. She has focused on turning deep fan engagement into sustainable, diversified revenue. Hungate is a non-executive director of BBC Studios and Nerve Music Group, where she was founding chair. She was previously a non-executive director of games developer and publisher Avalanche Studios Group and has served on the DCMS Esports Advisory Panel. Before moving into gaming, Hungate was CEO of AIM-listed Brave Bison Group, a social video and digital publisher working with creators and brands across YouTube and social platforms. Before that,