Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. announced that it has appointed Simon Bodymore as the Company?s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective March 4, 2024. He succeeds longtime CFO Barb Harwood, who after 19 years with Thunderbird has decided to transition out of the role and will leave the Company as of March 1, 2024. Mr. Bodymore has more than 25 years?

experience leading financial teams for public and private companies, with a particular concentration in the last 15 years on working with fast-growing Canadian companies that operate internationally. He also has extensive experience raising financing for software-enabled businesses. Since 2014, he held the position of CFO at Vancouver-based software company Tasktop Technologies, assisting it to scale efficiently through a period of rapid growth that led to Tasktop?s acquisition by technology company Planview in 2022.

Mr. Bodymore is also the recipient of a 2020 CFO of the Year award from Business in Vancouver. Ms. Harwood will remain with Thunderbird until the end of the month to ensure continuity in reporting of Second Quarter fiscal 2024 results and an orderly handover of the role to Mr. Bodymore. Ms. Harwood?s extensive experience in the media sector played a crucial role in supporting the Company?s growth, including the acquisition and integration of Great Pacific Media and Atomic Cartoons and Thunderbird?s public offering in 2018.

In 2021, Ms. Harwood received recognition as CFO of the Year by Business in Vancouver and was named as one the Top Ten Financial Executives in Canada by Globe and Mail?s Report on Business.