Duane Mutu

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Duane Mutu Gaming, Esports & Sports Executive | Founder (Exited) | Board Member & Global Advisor | Olympic Speaker Kia ora, I am Duane, a commercially driven executive and founder with two decades of experience building revenue, partnerships, and market entry strategies across sport, gaming, and telco on a global scale. I have built ventures, led national initiatives, and forged commercial partnerships spanning sport, gaming, telco, broadcasting, and media agency operations across Oceania, Asia, and the Middle East. I led commercial strategy for a global telco distribution network across the Middle East, Europe, and beyond, driving gaming monetisation and revenue diversification through in app purchases, advertising, webshops, vouchers, and subscriptions. Alongside this, I hold board, advisory, and governance roles with organisations including the New Zealand Esports Federation, the Global Esports Federation, and the Oceania Esports Development Federation. In my career, I served as Head of Esports for Dentsu, a leading global media and advertising agency, where I built commercial esports strategy and partnerships for brands entering the gaming space. As a founder, I also took a bus

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