ESL's Caroline Oakes and EA's Emma Vetriano included in top 30 Sport Industry NextGen Leaders list

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The latest annual Sport Industry NextGen Leaders list – which recognises 30 rising industry professionals aged under 30 – has been revealed.
The 2019 list includes two women from the world of esports: Caroline Oakes from ESL UK and Emma Vetriano from EA Sports.
Caroline is business development manager and stage host for ESL UK, and has made a huge contribution to UK esports over the past few years, since joining ESL back in October 2016.
She quickly worked her way up from business development intern to business development associate and stage host, crossing over into the world of esports presenting. She has hosted ESL Premiership finals, the Digital Schoolhouse finals and many more, and was awarded Esports Woman of the Year at the 2018 MCV Women in Games Awards.

Emma meanwhile joined EA at the start of this year as account manager for EA Sports FIFA global partnerships.
She’s responsible for managing EA Sports’ global partnerships with the Premier League, the EFL, Chelsea FC, Manchester City, Manchester United and others. And with FIFA 19 just launched and the ePremier League on the way, her role will no doubt become even more critical.

The 2019 NextGen Leaders programme is the fourth annual initiative, first launched by Sport Industry Group in 2015.
Organisers said a record 43% of the 2019 Leaders are women, following a more even split of applicants than any previous year.
Each of the 30 individuals receive a year-long leadership package which includes training, personal development and networking opportunities.
They will be officially unveiled as a group for the first time at Sport Industry NextGen Unlocked on February 7th 2019 at Village Underground, London. It’s a free networking event and you can register your interest here.
Last year’s NextGen Leaders list included Fnatic co-owner Patrik “cArn” Sättermon and ESL UK’s former co-MD Spike Laurie.

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