Zynga Farmville creator leaves company

Social gaming firm Zynga has lost another key member of staff with the departure of Mark Skaggs who spent seven years with the firm in which he led the creation of FarmVille, CityVille and Empires&Allies.

Other senior movements include the appointment of Laura Revenko as Zynga’s new chief people officer. Revenko joins the company having served in a similar position at Hasbro.

According to chief executive officer Mark Pincus, Revenko will strengthen university recruitment, learning and development functions.

In addition, Lincoln Brown and Joe Kaminkow were promoted to senior vice president of games, overseeing Zynga’s Social Slots business.