Esports Entertainment Group has announced the promotion of Michael Villani to the position of chief financial officer.
Villani joined the company in February 2021 as its financial controller,and on January 6 was appointed the company’s interim chief financial officer. In addition, he serves as the company’s principal financial officer.
Prior to joining the company, Villani worked as a director in the deal advisory practice of KPMG, supporting clients with technical accounting, buy-side and sell-side transactions, initial public offerings and SEC reporting.
He worked a total of 18 years at KPMG, with nine years in the deal advisory practice and nine years in the audit practice. Villani was also previously employed as the CFO of a Geneva-based hedge fund and has held other senior accounting-level roles at public companies.
Alex Igelman, CEO of Esports Entertainment Group, commented: “We are pleased to formally appoint Michael as our chief financial officer after serving as our interim chief financial officer since early January, as well as holding other key financial roles since becoming part of the Esports Entertainment team in 2021.
"We have witnessed Michael’s leadership and operational and financial skills first hand as we have restructured the company over the past several months, improving our balance sheet, divesting, or closing non-core business lines to streamline operations and increasing operational efficiencies across the company.
"Michael is a valued member of our leadership team and we look forward to continuing to work with him as we execute on our long-term strategy with a focus on growing long-term shareholder value.”
