Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company announced it has appointed Benjamin Lee as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective March 21, 2022. Lee will be responsible for all financial aspects of the Company's operations, including accounting, financial reporting, tax, treasury and capital raising. Lee most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Capital Markets and Debt Products divisions at PNC Financial Services Group. In this role, he led a team of finance professionals supporting the Capital Markets and Investment Banking businesses, institutional broker-dealers and the Financial Institutions Group segment, generating more than $1.2 billion in annual revenue. He was also broadly responsible for all finance-related deliverables, including strategic planning, profitability, budgeting, forecasting and external reporting. In this position, he led the entity's finance team through multiple acquisitions and implemented a successful talent development strategy.
Prior to his role at PNC Financial Services Group, Lee was the Managing Director and Controller for The Bank of New York Mellon's Global Markets business unit, where he directed the team responsible for the global interest rate and foreign exchange hedging programs. His notable accomplishments in this position include the redesign of the bank's interest rate modeling methodologies and the successful implementation of several technical accounting standards impacting the Global Markets and Treasury businesses. Lee earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the Clarion University of Pennsylvania, and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, Joseph M. Katz School of Business.