Allyson Gormley is Director of Global Operations, Remote Broadcast and Production at Riot Games, based in the old Wright Venue in Swords but playing on a global stage in esports.

She first appeared on this list in 1921 on the basis of what she was about to deliver in terms of Riot Games Global esports Production Facility in Dublin as part of a ‘follow-the-sun’ model for the eSports giant.

That came to in on time, on budget, and with a degree of technical infrastructure that would not be out of place at the HQ of CNN or the BBC. Now she is ready to open the second such venue in Seattle with the third and final piece of the jigsaw on her horizon on the Asia Pacific rim.

She joined Riot Games in 2013 having started her career as Executive Assistant to John Treacy as CEO of the Irish Sports Council (Sport Ireland) between 2006 and 2009.

The growth of esports has yet to fully register in an Irish context but when it does, she will be one of the leading lights.

See who else has been named on the list alongside Eimear Breathnach by clicking on the image below.

 

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This is the 11th edition of our Sport for Business listing of 50 Women of Influence in Irish Sport.

Read more about the list and nominate who you think should be a part of it in 2023.

We are proud to publish the list in partnership with AIG, an organisation that has pledged its commitment to equality in its partnerships with Gaelic Games, Tennis, Golf, and more, for whom “Effort is Equal” and with whom we have ambitious plans to extend the reach of this annual celebration of the Women who are making a difference.

This year’s list will be drawn as before from the worlds of leadership, partnership, storytelling, and performance.

We began this journey in 2013 when challenged that we would never be able to produce a list of twenty Influential Women in Irish Sport. The 20 stretched to 30, then 40 and 50 and it still does not do justice to the talent that is out there.

This year once more, to keep things fresh we will step up again, raising the number of new entrants to at least 40 percent of fresh names from last year.

It will be the hardest part to have some names replaced but if it was too easy it would be of less value.

The list we will build over the coming weeks is a snapshot of those women who are making a mark on how sport is played, consumed, grown, and delivered.

They are part of making the role of women in sport unexceptional by being exceptional in what they do.Â