HAMBURG, Germany, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of their international expansion, Bigpoint.com(http://www.bigpoint.com), the leading provider of browser-based online gamesand one of the top 3 gaming portals worldwide, is expanding its managementteam. With Rob Ollett, the Hamburg-based company has hired an expert withinternational experience in the field of business development. The 32 yearold can look back at an 11 year career in the gaming industry and was thevice president of business development for the digital media agency Dubitbefore coming to Bigpoint. Rob was also vice president at Fun TechnologiesPLC and content acquisition manager at the Inspired Gaming Group.

The British-born businessman will take on the new position ofHead of Licensing at Bigpoint, and will deal with licensing issues to helpsupport the international expansion of the company.

"In addition to game development and media partnerships,licensing is one of the three key areas for Bigpoint's strategicaldevelopment," says Heiko Hubertz, CEO Bigpoint GmbH. "We're very excited tohave Rob Ollett, a highly respected and personable businessman with manyyears of valuable international business experience, join our team and helpsupport our company's future expansion. Rob Ollett is a welcome addition toBigpoint, and will help us to expand the role of licensing at the company:Because players who log onto Bigpoint should be able to find - and play - thebest games in the world here."

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About Bigpoint

Bigpoint.com is the largest browser game portal worldwide, andis among the top 3 gaming portals in the world. Bigpoint's range of productsand services includes games at a level of quality which, until now, was onlyavailable with CDs and consoles. Bigpoint is a publisher of online games, acontent provider for media agencies and a developer of browser-based games.Over 250 employees from more than 25 different nations work at the world'slargest Internet provider of browser games, which is based in Eppendorf inHamburg, Germany. At the German headquarters, games are developed in over 24languages and are played for free by over 74 million users in countries suchas Russia and America - and without having to download any additionalsoftware.

Awards which Bigpoint - Germany's most popular website -received, such as the Ruban d'Honneur from the European Business Awards 2009,the Red Herring 100 Europe and the OnlineStar, confirm the success of thecompany just as much as the growth rate of 4,500% within four years does.That's why it's no big surprise that the Hamburg-based company also placed inthe top 20 most successful companies in the EMEA region. Company founderHeiko Hubertz won second place as Internet Businessman of the Year in 2007.Further info can be found at http://www.bigpoint.net.

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