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Winking Studios

Two Decades of Creative Excellence

Group Overview

Headquartered in Singapore, Winking Studios is the world’s first gaming company to be dual-listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Singapore Exchange, and is one of the largest external game development studios globally.

With over 20 years of track record, Winking Studios has expanded to more than 1400 employees across 14 studios in Singapore, Quebec, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Shanghai, and Nanjing, serving a global customer base that includes 22 of the top 25 game publishers in the world.

唯晶科技 group

As a testament to our high quality standards, we have been awarded various awards and accreditations, including the ISO 27001 certification by BSI British standards institution, among others.

唯晶科技 member
唯晶科技 member

1997-2004
Foundation

Foundation

● Starts as WindThunder Studio in Taipei
● Fully Develops PC game Guardian's Sword
● Fully Develops PC game Heroine Anthem
● Establishes Winking Studios
● Establishes game development studios in Taipei, Shanghai, Nanjing
● Provides Full-Cycle Development Service

2005-2012
Investment

Investment

● Invested by Intel, HSBC
● Awarded Asia Top 10 Growing Business by Deloitte
● Provides Complete Art Outsourcing Service
● Awarded ISO 9001
● Awarded for Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award
● Fully Develops MMORPG XAOC with success in Asia
● Invested by Cathay Financial Holdings, Taishin Holdings, SinoPac Holdings, and more

2013-2020
Growth

Growth

● Forms partnership with Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Epic Games
● Releases Unearthing Mars, and receives top sales in Japan and North America
● Develops the Heroine Anthem PC game series
● Develops VR game I’m Hungry
● Establishes Art Outsourcing headquarters in Singapore

2021-Present
Scaling-Up

Scaling-Up

● BSI British Standards Institution certified ISO 27001
● Invested by Acer Group
● Successfully listed on the Singapore Exchange and London Stock Exchange
● Acquires studios including On Point Creative, Pixelline, Mineloader Studios, and AMPERA
● Establishes Vertic Studios

Leadership

Board of Directors
 Key Management

Johnny Jan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Johnny Jan

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Kao Shu-Kuo

Non-Executive Director

Kao Shu-Kuo

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Lim Heng Choon

Lead Independent Director and Non-Executive Director and Chairman

Lim Heng Choon

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Chang Yi-Hao

Independent and
Non-Executive Director

Chang Yi-Hao

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Yang Wu Te

Independent and
Non-Executive Director

Yang Wu Te

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Daniel Widdicombe

Independent and
Non-Executive Director

Daniel
Widdicombe

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Oliver Yen

Finance Director and Group Chief Financial Officer

Oliver Yen

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Tina Li

General Manager of
Art Outsourcing Segment

Tina Li

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Claude Bordeleau

Chief Revenue Officer

Claude Bordeleau

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Our New Studios

Winking Studios provides end-to-end art outsourcing and game development services across platforms for the video games industry, with a growing portfolio of studios across Asia and North America.

Through our proactive M&A strategy, we have expanded steadily, acquiring Taipei-based On Point Creative Co., Ltd. and Kuala Lumpur-based Pixelline Art Sdn. Bhd. in 2024, Shanghai-based Mineloader Digital Technology Co., Ltd. in 2025, and North American studio AMPERA in 2026. We also established Vertic Studios, a high-end art production brand, to further elevate our creative offering for global clients.

mineloader
Mineloader Studios
Dedicated full pipeline solution provider with leading game development capabilities and a strong brand reputation.

mineloader
Mineloader Studios
Dedicated full pipeline solution provider with leading game development capabilities and a strong brand reputation.
vertic
Vertic Studios
High-end art production brand that carters specially to the sophisticated needs of AAA games with substaintial budgets.

vertic
Vertic Studios
High-end art production brand that carters specially to the sophisticated needs of AAA games with substaintial budgets.
ampera
AMPERA
Founded by industry veterans with decades of experience delivering high-quality games at scale.

ampera
AMPERA
Founded by industry veterans with decades of experience delivering high-quality games at scale.
Johnny

Johnny Jan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Johnny Jan was appointed as Director on 15 December 2005. He is primarily responsible for overseeing the business development activities and operations of the Group and for leading the overall strategic direction of the Group.

Mr. Jan has over 25 years of experience in the art outsourcing and game development industries. He started his career in Japan TGL Co., Ltd in 1997 as a R&D supervisor where he led the R&D team in the development of game titles. He subsequently founded WindThunder Era Co., Ltd in 2000 and under his stewardship as its CEO, the company went on to develop and publish various game titles. In 2004, he founded the Group’s art outsourcing and game development studios in the PRC, prior to the incorporation of the Company in 2005.

Mr. Jan is a director of the Taiwan Game Industry Promotion Alliance. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Central University of Taiwan in 2000 before obtaining a Master’s degree in business administration from the National University of Singapore in 2024.

Kao Shu Kuo

Kao Shu-Kuo

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Kao Shu-Kuo was appointed as Director on 17 May 2023 and was re-designated as Non-Executive Director on 21 July 2023. Mr. Kao is the chairman of the Board of Directors in Acer Gaming Inc. He started his career in Acer in 1995 where he was responsible for the IT product business.

Mr. Kao graduated from the Chung Hsing College of Law and Business – Institute of Corporate Management with a Master’s degree in 1993.

Lim Heng Choon

Lim Heng Choon

Lead Independent Director and Non-Executive Director and Chairman

Mr. Lim Heng Choon was appointed as Independent Director on 17 May 2023 and was re-designated as Lead Independent and Non-executive Director on 21 July 2023. He is the chief financial officer of Centific Global Solutions, Inc (formerly known as Pactera Technologies NA, Inc.) as well as the founder and managing director of Hyperion Connect Pte. Ltd.

Mr. Lim graduated from Monash University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Computer Systems) (Honours) before obtaining a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA in 2001.

Chang Yi Hao

Chang Yi-Hao

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Chang Yi-Hao was appointed as Independent Director on 29 September 2021 and was re-designated as Independent Non-executive Director on 21 July 2023. He started his career in Wistron Corporation in 2003 as a product engineer, before joining X-Legend Entertainment, a company engaged in the business of game licensing and publishing in 2004, as its chief operating officer where he was responsible for licensing games from Korean developers and launching such games in the Taiwan market.

From 2012 to 2017, Mr. Chang was the president of Kunlun Games, which is one of the business units within Kunlun Tech Group, a global gaming distribution company. He subsequently founded Internet marketing and media agency Howard Marketing Co., Ltd, and became its CEO.

Mr. Chang obtained a Bachelor’s degree from the Tsinghua University of Taiwan (Department of Electrical Engineering/ Department of Economics) in 1997 before obtaining a Master’s degree in business administration from the Taiwan University Graduate School of Business in 2001.

Yang Wu Te

Yang Wu Te

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Yang Wu Te was appointed as Independent Director on 17 May 2023 and was re-designated as Independent Non-executive Director on 21 July 2023. He started his career in private banking in Bankers Trust Co. Ltd. (now known as Deutsche Bank) in 1989 to 1991 as an assistant vice president in the Private Banking Group. He joined Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. as its executive director/relationship manager – Private Banking from 2013 to 2020.

Mr. Yang graduated from the China Municipal Administrative Institute in 1979 with a certificate in Business and Industrial Administration.

Daniel Widdicombe

Daniel Widdicombe

Independent and Non-Executive Director

Mr. Daniel Widdicome joined the Board of Winking Studios in November 2024, when he was appointed as Independent and Non-Executive Director on the dual-listing of the Company on AIM.

Mr. Widdicome has over 30 years of finance experience, currently holding the position as CFO of Devolver Digital, a US video game publisher and developer, and is Executive Director and Independent Non-Executive Director of several public and private companies. From 2009 to 2010, Mr Widdicome spent over 10 years as Head of Investment Banking at China Construction Bank in London. Prior to this, he held the position as CFO of internet company Chinadotcom and has had held a number of executive roles, including AVIC-CCBI Aviation Industry Investment Fund, Corgi International, and Middle Earth Limited.

Mr. Widdicome obtained a MA Honours degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1989, after which he trained as an investment analyst in Hong Kong at HSBC and Bear Stearns & Co.

Oliver Yen

Oliver Yen

Finance Director and Group Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Oliver Yen is the Group Chief Financial Officer and has been responsible for all finance related areas of the Group since joining in September 2014. He is in charge of overseeing the Group’s treasury function, audit and taxation matters. He supports the management on all strategic and financial planning matters in relation to the Group’s business.

Mr. Yen first started his career in 1994 as an assistant financial manager in Taiwan Cement Corporation, a role which he held until 1997. From 1997 to 2000, he was an assistant manager in the Finance Department of Tailyn Technologies Inc. From 2000 to 2013, he was the vice general manager of the General Management Office in Softstar Entertainment Inc., a Taiwanese game development and game publishing company. He subsequently joined Wenetgroup Ltd. as its senior financial controller from 2014 to 2014.

Mr. Yen graduated from the Department of Accounting in the School of Management of Tunghai University in 1991 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business.

Tina Li

General Manager of Art Outsourcing Segment

Ms. Tina Li is the General Manager of the Art Outsourcing Segment. She joined the Group in December 2003 as an art designer before rising through the ranks to her current position. She became an employee of Shanghai Winking upon its incorporation in January 2004 before being promoted to the role of General Manager of Shanghai Winking Nanjing Branch, a position which she held from 2004 to 2010. From 2010 till present, she has been the General Manager of Nanjing Winking.

Ms. Li began her career in Nanjing Solitary Advertising Design Co., Ltd as a graphic designer from 2000 to 2001, before joining Xiamen Xin Rui Shi Multimedia Co., Ltd (Nanjing Office) as an art designer from 2001 to 2003.

Ms. Li obtained a Master’s degree in Software Engineering from Shanghai Fudan University in 2011.

Claude Bordeleau

Chief Revenue Officer

Mr. Claude Bordeleau serves as Chief Revenue Officer at Winking Studios, where he leads the company’s global growth strategy, client partnerships, and business development initiatives across North America, Europe, and Asia.

With two decades of experience in the video game industry, Mr. Bordeleau is widely recognized for building and scaling creative service businesses. He founded VOLTA in 2006 and grew it into one of the industry’s leading concept art and external development studios, trusted by many of the world’s top game publishers and developers. Following the company’s acquisition, Mr. Bordeleau went on to hold senior leadership roles at Keywords Studios, overseeing international teams and helping expand large-scale partnerships with AAA clients worldwide.

Throughout his career, Mr. Bordeleau has worked closely with some of the industry’s most respected companies, including Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Activision, Sony, Microsoft, and many others. Drawing on this extensive background, he is focused on strengthening the Group’s international presence and delivering world-class art, engineering, and game development services that empower clients to build ambitious, sustainable projects.

Mr. Bordeleau obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, in 2019.