Riot Games hires a chief diversity officer to address toxic workplace culture

Legend of Legends developer Riot Games has hired a chief diversity officer to help fix issues surrounding its sexist and toxic workplace culture, spotlighted first by an in-depth Kotaku investigation last August that has left the company reeling in the months since. Now, Angela Roseboro, who was formerly the global diversity and inclusion head at Dropbox, has been tasked with creating diversity programming at Riot.

Riot confirmed the hire to The Verge, but did not immediately provide a comment on Roseboro’s hiring. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Roseboro said, “I can’t wait to get started and to do my part to make sure we have a culture that embraces the uniqueness of every Rioter and a community where everyone feels a sense…

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