ELSPA has confirmed a new board line-up following its recent AGM, with several new faces joining the team of directors at the world’s oldest videogames trade body.

“The calibre of the directors says it all, really,” said Michael Rawlinson, Director General of ELSPA. “The fact that there is representation from bigger publishers, as well as smaller players, shows how seriously they all take the significance and importance of ELSPA as we head into 2010. It is also an indication of just how far we have come, both in general as an entertainment industry and in particular as a leading trade body. The industry is transforming and growing and so ELSPA has to reflect this. This board has the skills and judgement to take us forward to greater things.”

Mastertronic’s Andy Payne is serving another year as Chairman, while David Yarnton of Nintendo UK will continue as Vice Chairman, with Matt Carroll (Disney) continuing as treasurer.

The full board line up is: Andy Barker (Sony), Andrew Brown (Activision), Bob Burridge (505 Games), Rob Cooper (Ubisoft), Michael Rawlinson (ELSPA), Ian Livingstone (Eidos), Neil Thompson (Microsoft), Alan Pritchard (Sega), Keith Ramsdale (EA) and Jeremy Wigmore (Codemasters).