Guild Esports PLC Appointment of new Chief Financial Officer (7641Q)
February 23 2023 - 2:00AM
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Guild Esports PLC
23 February 2023
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Press release
23 February 2023
Guild Esports PLC
("Guild Esports", "Guild", or "the Company")
Appointment of new Chief Financial Officer
Strengthening of senior leadership team
Guild Esports PLC (LSE: GILD), a global teams organisation and
lifestyle brand, is pleased to announce the appointment of Clare
Jarvis as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary, with
effect from 27 February 2023.
Ms Jarvis is a chartered accountant with more than ten years of
financial and senior management experience across the media and
entertainment industries. She previously served as Senior Director
of Finance for the UK and Canada at Audible, the Amazon-owned audio
entertainment brand, where she provided strategic and commercial
insight into topics including content investment decisions,
marketing spend efficiency and promotional activity, as well as
pricing and overhead management. Her responsibilities covered all
aspects of finance, including investment approvals, budgeting and
forecasting, reporting and compliance, and she managed a team
covering accounting, financial planning and analysis and business
intelligence.
Prior to joining Audible, Ms Jarvis served as Finance Director
at Shazam Entertainment Ltd. ("Shazam"), where she supported the
senior leadership team across three funding rounds, raising US$90
million from leading venture capital backers. In her role at
Shazam, she successfully redesigned the company's budgeting and
forecasting processes to improve internal efficiency and managed a
team of staff across the UK and the USA. Additionally, she has
served as Finance Director at Orion Publishing Group Ltd.
Strengthening of senior leadership team
Matthew "Charlie" Charles has been appointed as Director of
Operations, effective from 1 March 2023, joining Guild on a
permanent basis having provided esports consultancy in an
operations role since October 2022. Mr Charles is a seasoned senior
executive with more than 17 years' experience in high growth sports
technology, production and media businesses.
He has C-Suite experience from serving as interim Chief
Operating Officer at Wavze, a music resource company providing
simple access to rights-cleared music content created by emerging
talent across the UK, with leading clients including the BBC, EA
Sports and Nike. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer
of immersive sports technology company Oz Sports Inc. ("Oz
Sports"), where he implemented strategic processes to improve
operational efficiency and chaired the company's product council,
which decided Oz Sports' go-to-market strategy. He additionally
served as Vice President of Operations at Grabyo, an
industry-leading video platform for cloud-based production and
editing.
Alun Vaughan has been appointed as Senior Communications Manager
effective from 6 March 2023. Mr Vaughan has impressive
communications experience across sports, previously serving as
Senior Corporate Communications Officer at FIFA, where he led a
number of communication strategies and developed centralised
messaging to promote stakeholder activities. He supported the
development and execution of corporate communications activities
across the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and led communications
around the official global tour of the World Cup trophy ahead of
the tournament.
As Communications Manager at the European Club Association
("ECA"), Mr Vaughan managed the organisation's rebranding and
corporate identity change, and delivered the promotional launch of
the #BeAChangemaker Campaign, the ECA's first ever women's football
strategy. In addition, in his capacity as International Relations
Manager at The Football Association ("The FA"), he developed the
European stakeholder engagement strategy for the UK & Ireland's
bid to host UEFA EURO 2028.
Jasmine Skee, CEO of Guild Esports, commented : "I'd like to
extend the warmest of welcomes to Clare and Alun, and congratulate
Charlie on his permanent position at Guild. Their high-level
experience will further enhance Guild's senior leadership team and
will allow the Company to more effectively implement its long-term
strategy. I look forward to working closely with them as we look to
increase our revenue streams, owned audience and continue growing
the Guild brand."
For further information please contact:
Guild Esports
Jasmine Skee via Tancredi +44 207 887
Chief Executive 7633
Neil Thapar
Investor Relations
+44 7876 455 323
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Tennyson Securities
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Corporate Broker
Peter Krens +44 207 186 9030
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Tancredi Intelligent Communication
Media Relations
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Helen Humphrey
Charlie Hobbs + 44 7449 226 720
Maddy Newman +44 7897 557 112
guild@tancredigroup.com +44 7380 127 135
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About Guild Esports:
Guild Esports PLC is a global fan-focused team organisation and
lifestyle brand that fields professional players in gaming
competitions under the Guild banner. Our in-house training academy
aims to attract and nurture the best esports talent, and our goal
is to provide the ultimate entertainment experience alongside a
distinctive lifestyle brand authentic to the esports community
worldwide. Guild is led by an experienced management team of
esports veterans and co-owned by David Beckham. The Company is
headquartered in the UK and its shares are listed on the main
market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker: GILD) and on the OTCQB
Venture Market in the United States (ticker: GULDF). Please visit
www.guildesports.com for more information.
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