Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) has named Damian Mathews as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), ahead of what the appointee has described as a “pivotal and exciting” for the company.
Mathews, an economics and politics graduate from the University of Bristol, is a member of Esports Entertainment’s Board of Directors and Chairman of its Audit Committee, replacing incumbent CFO Dan Marks on 2 April 2022.
He joined EEG from a career in investments, having worked as Director of consultancy NZ Pacific Investments from 2012 to 2014 and CFO of the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Investment Company from 2014 to 2020.
Additional positions have seen Matthews work in management positions at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Group as well as a range of roles at ABN Amro, Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit Suisse First Boston and KPMG between 1994 and 2009.