Jason Cole Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Lead AMC's M&A activity including strategy, target identification, due diligence, valuation & modeling corporate approval, negotiation and integration. Work with AMC's parent company, the Wanda Group, on joint procurement initiatives to realize synergies across multiple Wanda business lines.

Identify, negotiate and execute theatre acquisitions. Evaluate and develop new business opportunities as well as maintain/strengthen existing strategic relationships.

Supervised international locations during later period of divestiture and sold 7 units (4 CDN, 1 UK, 1 FRA) to 4 different buyers. Maintained relationship with licensee in Hong Kong and developed platform for future licensing opportunities.

Lead a major profit center for AMC with $200M+ in OCF on $650M in revenue (25% of company's total revenue) along with $125M in procurement. Developed long-term menu strategy with core menu extensions and prototypes of next-gen concession stand design. Represented F&B for cross-functional team developing dine-in theatre strategic initiative.

Oversee department's two primary missions of 1) manage and analyze solicited and unsolicited guest feedback to make recommendations on operational/process improvements for positive impact to guest experience and bottom line and 2) partner with functional departments on initiatives to ensure operational/guest impact is taken into consideration including direct oversight of field communication.

Supervise theatres with $100M in revenue and over 1,000 associates in 7 countries, start-up of operations in the UK, corporate culture alignment and operational best practices.

After corporate restructuring (elimination of regional geographic regions with centralization of all operations), standardized operating procedures and training practices.

Day-to-day management of theatre operations.

West Hollywood, Ca, Us

Board member of world’s largest suicide prevention organization focused on LGBTQ youth. Chair of the audit committee and co-chair of the strategic planning committee. Joined the board's executive committee in 2022 as its Treasurer.

London, Gb

Leading the cinema and support office teams in AMC’s OCG countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania.