Anthem Sports & Entertainment

Executives Board of Directors

President/CEO of Anthem Sports & Entertainment

Chief Corporate Officer, President of Fight Media Group (FN and Impact Wrestling)

Appointed President of Fight Media Group overseeing Fight Network and Impact Wrestling in August 2019
President of Impact Wrestling since Anthem acquisition in 2017
Board member, general counsel and executive of Anthem since 2010
Member of original financing to launch Fight Network and served as President of Fight Network from 2008 to 2010
Former Co-lead of Tricap Restructuring Fund, Brookfield Asset Management’s first special situations fund and former Partner of Torys LLP

Chief Financial Officer

10+ years experience as CFO to companies in industrial and technology space
Formerly with KPMG
Expertise with numerous corporate finance and M&A transactions
MBA from INSEAD in France/Singapore, CFA charter holder, CPA(CA) from Ontario, Canada and B.Com from University of Toronto

President, Game TV, VP Operations, Anthem Sports & Entertainment

More than 30 years of broadcast and digital media experience
Oversees all operations including playout, traffic, signal distribution and facilities for Anthem
10 years as VP of Programming & Production at The Score Television Network
10 years as sports producer at Global Television Network
Various roles within Olympic Broadcast Services since 2010
Instructor and Advisory Board Member at College of Sports Media

President, Game+, VP Programming & Production

More than 22 years of media programming experience
15 years as VP Programming & Content at Fight Network
7 years in programming at The Score Television Network
Conceptualized, launched Fantasy Sports Network (now Game+) and Fight Network
Key roles on events involving, among others NBA, MLB, NHL, CFL, PGA Tour, UFC and multiple combat sports promotions

Senior Vice President of Distribution

30-year senior executive in video content distribution and marketing
Currently manages all distribution of Anthem channels in North America
Executive Vice President of Distribution for ONE World Sports
Executive Vice President of Affiliate Sales & Marketing for Outdoor Channel, including launching global expansion adding 10.5 million overseas subscribers across 52 Asian and European markets in six languages
Senior Vice President of Distribution for Tennis Channel, six years from inception to carriage in 47 of the top 50 markets
15 years at ESPN, overseeing domestic distribution of ESPN’s networks in 17 states and developing distribution strategies contributing to the successful launches of ESPN2 and ESPNEWS

Senior Vice President, National Ad Sales

More than 25 years’ experience with Comcast NBCU in national linear and digital advertising-sales
At NBC Sports group, executed deals in excess of several hundred million dollars on sports properties including the Olympics, NFL, NHL, NCAA Football, NASCAR, English Premier League and PGA
Led sales team at E! Entertainment TV for 6 years
Successfully transitioned advertisers from the G4 Network as it re-branded to Esquire
Led sales for the launch of MSNBC

Senior VP, Global Partnerships

25 years’ experience in media sales and sponsorships
Oversees sponsorship sales for IMPACT and other Anthem properties
Director of Sales for IMG
Launched iHeartRadio in Canada on behalf of BELL Media including the live event series across Canada in 2017
Director of Sales for Cimoroni & Company, overseeing strategic planning, asset evaluation, IP rights management, partnership evaluation, broadcast media and all sponsorship development on behalf of FIFA World Cup, PGA’s The European Tour, SPARTAN Race, and Anthem-owned IMPACT
Director of Sales with Rogers Media leading and building its publishing portfolio including brand launches and third-party partnerships

Vice President, Sales

More than a dozen years of media sales experience
Oversees all Canadian ad sales
Nearly a decade selling for Canada’s leading sports networks -- Rogers Sportsnet and Bell Media - TSN
Helped launch TVA Sports for Quebecor Media
Managed sales for sporting events including NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, MLB World Series, NBA Finals, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, World Jr. Hockey Championships, UEFA Euro Soccer, FIFA World Cup Soccer, and the CFL Grey Cup.

Managing Director, Anthem International

Heads corporate and international development
Chairman and Co-Founder, Ginx eSports TV
Former CEO, Showtime Arabia (JV between Viacom and Kuwaiti Investment Authority)
Former President, MTV Europe

SVP Programming Strategy & Content Development

20+ years of senior management positions in music and entertainment
Oversees programming for AXS/HDNet, as well as multiplatform content strategy and development for Anthem
Held numerous strategic consulting driven roles at mobile media, technology, and music/film/TV content companies
COO Milcap Media, Barcelona based global multimedia content production and distribution company
SVP Programming and Production at The Box Music Network/MTV2
Senior EVP Entertainment/Media at Billboardlive International
EVP at Linius Technologies, leading international video virtualization company. Established key POC’s with Hollywood film studios and TV production companies
Held additional senior positions at leading content companies including, HBO, CNN International, Rainbow Programming (MuchMusic, now Fuse), ACTV Interactive, and Fashion TV

VP, Europe

25+ years in media and marketing in Europe
Oversees Anthem properties in Europe, including UK, Italy and Southern Europe
Entrepreneur and founder of various media assets in Turkey and Europe
Various leadership roles as CEO and or founder, in media and marketing communications
Senior management positions with media companies including The Health Network, Canwest Media, Dogan Media, Omnicom Group agencies

Executive VP, Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions

25+ years in business and the professional wrestling industry producing TV/PPV broadcast events in the U.S.
Oversees operations, production, talent relations and live events for IMPACT
Creative Director TNA Wrestling (now IMPACT) in addition to other production and management roles during TNA program run on Spike and Fox Sportsnet:
- Oversaw launch of TNA on Spike
- Created all female, “Knockouts Division”
- Produced episodic and commercial content for Spike/MTV
In 1993, co-founded Border City Wrestling and Can-Am Wrestling School, which has launched or helped further the careers of many top national, international and local professional wrestlers

Executive VP, Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions

More than three decades in professional wrestling including WWF (WWE), ECW, New Japan Pro Wrestling and TNA Wrestling
Leads creative direction and digital media for IMPACT
Commentator for all IMPACT programming
Commentator for New Japan Pro Wrestling
Syndicated wrestling columnist for many years as well as the host of the Sunday Night Sports Show and the highly acclaimed Killing the Town podcast
Former President and CEO of Manitoba Trade & Investment, a global trade development organization with offices in Mexico City, Beijing, New Delhi, the Hague and Sao Paulo