Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. announced the appointment of Damian Mathews as its new Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Mathews currently serves as a member of the Company's board of directors, a position he has held since June 2020. Mr. Mathews brings over 25 years of experience in senior finance positions within investment management, banking and accounting.

Previously, Mr. Mathews served as Group Chief Operating Officer for Auckland Real Estate. He also served as CFO of the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Investment Company (a sovereign wealth fund owned investment company) from 2014 to 2020 and as Director of his own consultancy, NZ Pacific Investments, from 2012 to 2014. He has also held senior management positions at Commonwealth Bank of Australia Group, including General Manager Finance (New Zealand); Head of Finance and Operations Americas (United States); and Head of Change Management (Australia).

He also served as a Director in Product Control at ABN Amro bank in London, and held various senior financial controller positions at Royal Bank of Scotland Group in London. Earlier in his career, he served as an Assistant Vice President at Credit Suisse First Boston investment bank in London and the Bahamas, as well an Assistant Manager at KPMG in London. Mr. Mathews holds a joint honors undergraduate degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol in the UK and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.