FOUNDER, LIMIT BREAK / UI/UX DESIGN CONSULTANT & FREELANCER

Anisa Sanusi is the Founder & Director of Limit Break, a mentorship program for underrepresented people in the UK games industry.

Throughout the years Anisa has cultivated a devotion to ethical UX design, speaking at the first UX Summit held at GDC in San Francisco and serves as a Sitting BAFTA Games Committee Member and BAFTA Awards Jury Chair. Anisa is an advocate for diversity and inclusivity in the industry, and was listed as one of GamesIndustry.Biz Top 100 Game Changers and Most Influential Women in the UK Games Industry, and part of Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe class of 2020.

Anisa is an advocate for diversity and inclusivity in the industry, and was listed as one of GamesIndustry.Biz Top 100 Game Changers and Most Influential Women in the UK Games Industry, and part of Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe class of 2020.

CO-DIRECTOR, LIMIT BREAK / GAMES BIZ CONSULTANT, HEYDANTHOMAS

At Limit Break, I mostly work behind the scenes supporting the leadership team and committee in supporting the games industry and ensuring we fulfill our responsibilities as a CIC (Community Interest Company).

Outside of Limit Break, I help games businesses navigate the challenges of growth, leveraging my previous 20 years experience as the founder of games-focussed digital agency Etch Play.

PROGRAM MANAGER, LIMIT BREAK

Jonas Gawe started working in the Games Industry at the beginning of 2024, supporting non-profit communities and organising dozens of events both in-person and online.

Jonas now works as the Program Manager of Limit Break, the Community Manager for Electric Saint and freelances as a voice actor. In 2025 Jonas was spotlighted as a member of ENSEMBLE at the London Games Festival, highlighting his contribution to the UK Games Industry

Jonas' professional background has seen him working in DevOps, Hospitality and Events Management. When he's not working Jonas can be found attending the nearest possible event, streaming and playing (or DM'ing) DnD.

EVENTS LEAD, LIMIT BREAK / SENIOR PRODUCER, FREELANCE

Ho-Yee is a senior producer and a lifelong gamer. After working in other production roles, Ho-Yee found her home in the games industry in 2019. As a mentee, Ho-Yee found Limit Break to be a really great way to quickly immerse herself in the culture and workings of the sector.

In 2021, she jumped into becoming a mentor, focusing on helping other newcomers in the industry identify and reinforce their transferrable skills. This year, she is excited to continue contributing and growing the industry further by bringing her prior conference production experience to the Limit Break Events team.

EVENTS SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / PARALEGAL

Having previously been a Limit Break Mentee, Tay is giving back to Limit Break by joining the Committee for 2023. Tay has 10+ years experience in Technology, Intellectual Property, Consumer Protection, Advertising and Competition law, with high affinity to the technology, media and interactive entertainment industries. Tay will be supporting the Events team this year.

EVENTS SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / FOUNDER, DEADHEAD GAMES

Indie Dev, formerly working in Film and TV. Farooq enjoys making things happen, from events and concerts, to films and games. He enjoys finding new ways to look at and solve problems, and building things.

When not working, he enjoys playing Hades, Civ, Valorant and Balatro, or indulging his comic/webtoon obsession.

EVENTS SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / ACTOR

Emilia Copeland (she/her) is a queer, neurodiverse multidisciplinary actor, artist, Twitch streamer, and mental health specialist with an MSc Creative Arts and Mental Health. With a foundation in Biomedical Science, Emilia combines her creativity, academic rigor, and lived experience to shape her dynamic career.

Emilia’s on-screen acting credits include international screenings at Cannes, Sitges, and BFI Flare, as well as BBC appearances including Doctor Who! Recently, Emilia has been developing her voiceover craft and is poised for more audio projects in video games and animation. As a model, Emilia’s work has been shown in Brides and Wed magazines, Dark Horse Comics, and in-person exhibitions; and as a storyteller her monologue Sleep won Best One Actress Monologue at Avalonia Festival and her short horror script Meat Eater was a Killer Shorts semi-finalist. Emilia is also an alum of the EDEN Digital LGBTQ+ filmmakers’ scheme and a BFI Creative Producers Lab graduate.

EVENTS SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / FOUNDER, JUST WRIGHT

Hannah Wright is the Founder of Just Wright, an embedded Talent & People Partner supporting game studios from indie gems to AAA giants in building scalable, people-first hiring and retention systems. She specialises in workforce planning, people and culture delivery, leveraging analytics and systems optimisation (ATS/HRIS) to deliver high-impact initiatives across the employee lifecycle including skills frameworks, pay parity, performance programme design, EDI initiatives and training delivery.

A proud Women in Games ambassador and an Award-Finalist for Excellence in Inclusive Recruitment & Retention at the Inclusion Leader Awards 2025, Hannah is passionate about improving representation in games by helping teams hire with clarity, fairness and long-term success in mind.

Beyond client work, Hannah contributes to the community by hosting OnLive Games, creating space for candid conversations and shared learning across the industry and also provide support and resources to students and those impacted by layoffs. She currently volunteers as part of the 2026 Limit Break Mentorship Committee committee, supporting the programme's mission to level up opportunity and belonging across the UK games industry.

BRANDING LEAD, LIMIT BREAK / SENIOR BRAND MANAGER, CREATIVE ASSEMBLY

Abbie is a Senior Brand Manager working on Total War at Creative Assembly. Abbie has previously worked in a range of marketing and communications roles over the last 10 years, making the jump into the games industry in 2019, working at studios such as Sumo, Rebellion and Ubisoft.

Abbie has been a part of the Limit Break committee for five years now. She has seen first-hand the impact that mentorship can have for people in the games industry and is keen to use her branding experience to Lead the brand team this year at Limit Break.

VIDEO EDITOR, LIMIT BREAK / VIDEO EDITOR, PONCLE

Owen is in charge of all things video! If you see something on the Limit Break socials that moves, Owen is probably to blame!

They're currently the video editor for poncle, currently working on the award-winning Vampire Survivors.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER, LIMIT BREAK / FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER & ILLUSTRATOR

Anna is a graphic designer and illustrator working in these fields since 2015. She has held several in-house roles and is currently a freelancer, working on projects for independent publishers, small businesses, and startups.

She finds excitement in enhancing visual identities and helping brands make a lasting difference. Anna is also passionate about visual storytelling in her work.

After a very successful first-time experience with Limit Break as a mentee, Anna joined the Committee as part of the Branding Team.

VIDEO EDITOR, LIMIT BREAK / LEAD VIDEO ARTIST, PLAYSTACK

Stephanie helps Owen & the Branding Team at LB with all things video & motion! She loves some keyframe magic!

She also currently works at Playstack, an Indie Game Publisher based in London, where she leads the video team and creates trailers. She also has experience in other industries such as Film, Design, Events & Marketing.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER, LIMIT BREAK / JUNIOR UI ARTIST, ABSOLUTELY GAMES

Charlotte is a passionate Junior UI Artist with a keen eye for visual design and user experience. Currently working full-time in UI art, they specialise in creating intuitive, visually engaging interfaces that enhance gameplay and storytelling.

Beyond their role in UI art, Charlie has spent several years freelancing in Graphic Design, collaborating with clients across various industries to develop branding, marketing materials, and digital assets. Their expertise spans typography, color theory, and composition, allowing them to craft compelling visuals that align with both artistic direction and user needs. Passionate about accessibility in games, Charlie has attained certification as an APX practitioner and actively seeks ways to make interfaces more inclusive and user-friendly.

When not designing, they enjoy expanding their creative skill set, whether through personal illustration projects, motion design experiments, or world building and sequential storytelling through comics and animation.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER, LIMIT BREAK / PRODUCER, PANDA CAT GAMES

Najmah Salam calls herself a Creative Artificer & Marketing Alchemist, which is just a nerdy way of saying she works in creative production and marketing for gaming and tech.

With over 15 years in marketing, she specialises in branding and lifecycle marketing for small, nimble studios and companies. She is also a highly organised creative powerhouse who loves empowering teams to do their best work and is well-versed in narrative and visual design.

CO-DIRECTOR, LIMIT BREAK / GAMES BIZ CONSULTANT, HEYDANTHOMAS

At Limit Break, I mostly work behind the scenes supporting the leadership team and committee in supporting the games industry and ensuring we fulfill our responsibilities as a CIC (Community Interest Company).

Outside of Limit Break, I help games businesses navigate the challenges of growth, leveraging my previous 20 years experience as the founder of games-focussed digital agency Etch Play.

SPONSORSHIP MANAGER, LIMIT BREAK / SENIOR GAME SCOUT, TEAM17

Meg is currently a Senior Game Scout for the British games publisher Team17, travelling the world looking for cool indie games and helping developers secure support and funding for their games.

Meg has had a wild and varied background working in games for over a decade from events to production, biz dev to audio; working on games such as Dragons Dogma 2, Demon’s Souls, Forza Horizon 5, Vermintide 2 and Supermassive’s Dark Pictures Anthology.

Meg has been with Limit Break since the inaugural year as a mentor but is excited to be able to step up and help out the program more by looking for partnerships with potential sponsors.

BIZ DEV SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ROCKET SCIENCE GROUP

Ed is currently BD at Rocket Science and has worked in various industry roles since 1997 at companies including Nintendo, Sony, Squaresoft, Namco, Microsoft, Rovio, Thunderful and Bitwave.

He's been a champion and supporter of indie devs for over a decade and is honoured to be helping out at Limit Break after joining as a mentor in 2024.

BIZ DEV SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / TALENT ACQUISITION, WUSHU STUDIOS

Lauren has almost a decade of experience working in various sectors in HR & Recruitment, including retail operations, legal, fintech and more recently game development.

For the last 2 and a half years she's had joint responsibility for overseeing Talent Acquisition at Wushu studios. Passionate about D&I and getting entry level talent into the games industry, she's also a Women in Games and INTO Games ambassador as well as an active member of Liverpool's Gamechangers initiative.

BIZDEV SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / SENIOR RECRUITMENT MANAGER, FRAMESTORE

Ellie Algar is the Senior Recruitment Manager for Technology and Immersive at Framestore. They began their career studying a degree in Fine Art and working as a studio technician and sculpture fabricator. They moved into the games industry 5 years ago - building internal teams at a variety of exciting studios and VR start-ups before joining Framestore in 2022.

In their current role, they support the Production Technology teams working on the biggest TV shows and blockbuster movies from Paddington to Guardians of the Galaxy and work closely with Framestore’s Immersive team whose world-class projects span a variety of emerging technology in VR, XR and Theme Park Rides. Ellie is passionate about increasing the representation and opportunities for queer, neurodivergent and marginalised people in the Film and Games industries.

In their free time they are a magical practitioner and can be found playing the newest cosy games, Dungeons and Dragons with their friends or watching niche YouTube deep dives.

BIZDEV SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / STUDIO COORDINATOR, GROUND SHATTER

After working for the charity sector for over 10 years in events, fundraising and project management, Lyndy transitioned over to the games industry where she is the Studio Coordinator for Bristol based indie developer, Ground Shatter.

When she's not at Ground Shatter she is also one third of the IMPACT! Indie Games team, a one day, grass-roots indie games conference in Bristol.

BIZDEV SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / DIGITAL HERITAGE PRODUCER

Based in London, UK, Irina specialises in developing, curating, and designing exhibitions that showcase the best of up-and-coming and emerging experimental and digital artists in the UK and internationally.

With experience in working with creative technologies, Irina always strives to use the most relevant technologies for her practice. Whether it’s a sensor-based, web-based or part of the larger XR community, Irina relies mostly on her concepts to deliver a coherent experience that will resonate with the public.

Common themes that Irina engages with are digital heritage, sustainability, whether that is sustainable web design, themes of web isolation or artificial intelligence, engaging with sustainability-based datasets.

Irina also has a vested interest in the latest developments of the broader creative technology field, and she strives to apply this knowledge to the field of exhibition and museum design.

Focusing on combining digital and analogue, Irina aims to create environments that are both interactive and easily accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. A large part of Irina’s practice is digital heritage. As part of numerous tech networks, Irina strives to develop interactive experiences for marginalised and underrepresented communities, striving to transform the creative technologies sector into an inclusive and accessible space.

ACCESSIBILITY LEAD, LIMIT BREAK / SENIOR ACCESSIBILITY SPECIALIST, MANY CATS STUDIOS

Harriet is an award winning and multiply nominated Senior Accessibility Specialist at Many Cats Studios, who work with publishers, studios and solo devs to design accessible and inclusive experiences. Her work is deeply informed by working previously 8 years as a professional lived experience accessibility consultant across the games, charity, education, and arts sectors. As a neurodivergent professional living with multiple chronic illnesses, and from a poverty background, Harriet is also a passionate educator in neurodivergency empowerment and a champion for intersectional, ethical working environments for disabled people in the games industry.

After joining Limit Break as a mentee in 2021 and becoming a mentor in 2023, the meaningful connections Harriet built inspired her to join the committee as the inaugural Accessibility Lead in 2023, and in 2026 is delighted to be sharing the role with the brilliant Christopher Leech as Co-Lead.

In the role of Co-Lead, Harriet and the rest of the Accessibility team work to implement and maintain our accessibility & inclusion policies, support our disabled and neurodivergent mentors and mentees and make sure that Limit Break is the most accessible it can be.

ACCESSIBILITY SUPPORT, LIMIT BREAK / DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER, BETAJESTER

Adam is a talented games programmer and designer. He is the co-founder of BetaJester Ltd, an indie games and work-for-hire studio based in the UK that has been building games for 10 years. BetaJester is credited on titles such as Just Dance VR , Aerial_Knight’s We Never Yield, and Wildfrost.

Alongside his extensive experience building innovative and engaging games across all genres, he also reaches out to the industry by supporting and mentoring upcoming developers and students on their journey. He is also the founder of Playing Attention, the first group dedicated to supporting and raising awareness of ADHD in the UK games industry, and works as an online tutor for Indie Games Business at the University of Falmouth.

Alongside these roles, he is also an accessibility committee member for Limit Break, a co-founder of the IGDA Neurodivergent in Games SIG, and an ambassador for Safe In Our World. His work was also recognised recently as he was selected as the third most influential disabled person in the UK in the field of Science and Technology at the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 2024.

ACCESSIBILITY SUPPORT, LIMIT BRAK / LECTURER OF PSYCHOLOGY / CONTENT CREATOR

Christopher Leech is a Lecturer of Psychology at the University of Brighton and PhD Researcher from Liverpool. Chris’ PhD is in Psychology and looking at video games and student mental health. As you might guess, he cares about video games, the people who play them and how we all experience our mental health. Chris is also a person with Albinism which means he’s visually impaired, legally blind, or severely sight impaired. He also has lived experience of mental health challenges and speaking about it is something he thinks is important to help reduce stigmatisation and is why he is researching the area.

Chris is a content creator, podcast host, author, editor, presenter, and accessibility consultant. Chris combines elements of mental health awareness, research, and accessibility throughout all his content. Applying his psychological knowledge to various areas of media/games. Chris is also avidly involved with various charity initiatives.