NAME :
Philip Nelkon

AGE/AREA :
43 from Maidenhead, UK

OCCUPATION :
Works for Spears Games, part of Mattel Inc. - the owners of Scrabble, as Promotions and Licensing Manager, promoting the game, forming Scrabble Clubs and organising national and international competitions.

ACHIEVEMENTS :
Has been one of the UK’s top Scrabble players for more than 20 years. He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records having won the UK National Scrabble Championship a record four times and in 1993, he represented England in the World Scrabble Championship in New York.

COMMENTS :
He is co-author and chairman of the committee which compiled Official Scrabble Words and has written articles and a book on the game and devised Scrabble puzzles for many magazines and newspapers. He is a founder member and former chairman of the Association of British Scrabble Players.

email: nelkonph@mattel.com