Ian Hetherington was co-founder of
Psygnosis, a company responsible for creating many early
computer games. Along with Jonathan Ellis, Hetherington founded Psygnosis from the ashes of the defunct game company
Imagine Software where Hetherington was the Financial Director. Working at their
Liverpool-based game company, Psygnosis's team was responsible for publishing such games as
Shadow of the Beast,
Wipeout and perhaps the most famous of all,
Lemmings.