David Hewitt

David Hewitt is a studio leader with over 25 years in the games industry. Most recently,
he was Studio Head at Monolith Productions, up until its closure by Warner Bros
Discovery earlier this year.

Prior to that, David spent more than a decade at Sony PlayStation on the God of War
team, leading first the Design team, and later the internal development team, as
Director of Product Development. He was one of a small group guiding the God of War
team through a major cultural, creative, and leadership reboot, culminating in the
release of God of War (2018) and later God of War: Ragnarök.

David’s career began in Australia where he worked for smaller studios and founded the
first Australian chapter of the IGDA in Melbourne, before moving to the US in 2010. His
career focus is on building cultures of excellence, in which individual superpowers can
thrive and flourish within a healthy, aligned team.