"Whether it’s building inclusive frameworks, crafting cultural insights, or offering coaching, my work is about helping people and organisations see differently—and design better because of it."
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Tülay Tetiker McNally is a CQ® Certified Facilitator and certified coach who helps people and teams navigate cultural complexity, change, and leadership with more clarity and confidence. As Senior Director, Play4All at Scopely, she designs and leads strategic initiatives around inclusive design, accessibility, and cultural intelligence, and she serves on the Game Developers Conference Advisory Board.
Tülay Tetiker McNally is a senior strategic leader with over twenty years of experience in the global games and VFX industries. With a professional history spanning Germany, the UK, Canada, Sweden, and Spain, she brings a globally informed perspective to developer- and player-centered design.
Following foundational experience at Microsoft, Square Enix, and SEGA, Tülay joined BioWare in 2010 as Director of QA & Central Development Operations. She later led strategic cultural transformation initiatives within Studio Operations at EA DICE before being appointed as Electronic Arts’ first Director of Inclusive Design & Product Development. In this role, she helped integrate the frameworks required to embed inclusive design into global production pipelines. Currently, she is the Senior Director of Play4All at Scopely, a strategic programme she created and leads to provide teams with guidance on accessibility and inclusive content, ensuring culturally informed decisions throughout the development process.
Tülay holds an MA in American Culture, History, and Society from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and a Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation & Design Thinking. She is an ICF Certified Coach and a CQ® Certified Facilitator. She serves on the GDC Advisory Board and is a Patron of the mental health charity Safe In Our World.
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Ludwigs-Maximilians University, Munich (2003)
Master of Arts: US Studies (Culture & History)
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology
Thesis: Impactful Storytelling through CGI: History and impact of computer graphics on Hollywood
Guglielmo Marconi University, Roma March 2024
Post Graduate Diploma: Innovation & Design Thinking, Guglielmo Marconi University
Coaching Certifications
Certified SolutionsAcademy Coach, July 2023
Certified Coach, EMCC (October 2023)
Associated Certified Coach, ICF (October 2024)
Project Management Institute
Project Management Professional (PMP): Micro-credential Organisational Transformation
Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Micro-Credential in Organizational Transformation
Cultural Intelligence Centre
CQ Credential: Equity and Inclusion Masterclass
CQ Credential: Cultural Intelligence
Scrum Alliance
Scrum Certified Product Owner (CSPO)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
AIHR (Academy to Innovate HR)
Certified DEIB Specialist (Dec 2024) ,
Certified Organizational Development Practitioner (Aug 2025)
Monopoly Go
Dragon Age: Veilguard
Dead Space Remake
Need for Speed Unbound
Sims 4
Apex Legends
FIFA Live Service
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Battlefield 2042
Battlefield V
Anthem
Mass Effect Andromeda
Dragon Age Inquisition
Mass Effect 3
Dragon Age 2
Project 51
Sonic Colours
Alpha Protocol
Iron Man
Crisis Core
Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings
Odin Sphere
Dragon Quest: Swords