Light & Wonder Promotes Nathan Drane to Chief Product Officer

Light & Wonder Inc. has announced the promotion of Nathan Drane to Chief Product Officer (CPO).

Nathan has been serving as Chief Product Officer of the Gaming business for the last year and has been with the Company since early 2021, after more than 12 years in various product-centric roles in the industry. In his expanded role as enterprise-wide CPO, Light & Wonder will bring all game creation across the Company under one department led by Drane.

“I’ve personally worked with Nathan for many years, and I couldn’t be happier for him to share his leadership and vision with the entire enterprise. He has already been working with many across the business on our cross-platform strategy and has a clear and aggressive content roadmap that will ensure our continued success, positioning us for growth in the near and long term,” Matt Wilson, President and CEO of Light & Wonder, said.

“I couldn’t be more thrilled to take on this role with the Company. This new centralized content organization formalizes our global strategy of building the world’s best games in every market on every intended platform. It provides us an opportunity to make data-driven development and roadmap decisions, gives us new opportunities to grow talent, and drives efficiencies throughout the game-creation process,” Nathan Drane, Chief Product Officer of Light & Wonder, said.

Rich Schneider, Light & Wonder’s former Chief Product Officer, will continue to contribute to the Company’s product innovation and strategy as Senior Advisor.