C-level executive and qualified Chartered Management Accountant with 20 years of leadership and senior operational experience in multiple COO/CFO/SVP roles across all operational disciplines, leading video games/media development/publishing teams at Creative Assembly and SEGA, while also supporting Relic, Sports Interactive, and Amplitude Studios, working across the UK/Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia. I am a trusted partner to boards, CEO's/studio leadership, executive teams, and creative teams, known for being a strong listener. I have global experience in a PLC environment and have worked with VC/PE investors, family offices, and start-up and mature businesses. My track record includes developing blue-chip worldwide business partners with companies such as Microsoft, Tencent, Netease, Wargaming, Fox, and Games Workshop, while also developing an awareness of suitable VC, PE or Strategic funding channels. I have deep knowledge of PC, console, and mobile gaming across a variety of genres and business models (from DTO to F2P and GaaS), and am skilled at working with teams balancing scope, time, and cost to drive quality. I have experience developing corporate and business-level strategies, monitoring their execution and evolution with KPI development across people, process, and product, and setting direction and strategies to deliver growth through existing studios and franchises and M&A. I am knowledgeable in advanced company valuations, financial analysis, funding requirements, and M&A/leveraged buyout creation in complex business structures. I am focused on the importance and establishment of data/BI pipelines across all teams to increase product understanding and financial competencies. I am conscientious with corporate governance and mitigate business risks through process development. I am hands-on with financial accounting, FP&A, tax planning, and video game tax credits, in single and parent company structures, and the set-up of multinational corporate frameworks to drive tax efficiencies and scalability.