---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-024453"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GMBL"
cik: "0001451448"
company_name: "ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T18:32:36.997476+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Esports Entertainment appoints Jennifer Pace as CPO and John Brackens to Board, effective Sept 1, 2022

## Summary
- Jennifer Pace appointed Chief People Officer effective Sept 1, 2022; promoted from SVP of HR and Administration.
- John Brackens, current CIO/CTO, appointed to Board of Directors effective Sept 1, 2022.
- Pace's annual salary increased to €150,000 in connection with the CPO appointment.
- Brackens has no family relationships with current directors/officers; no related party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-024453
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GMBL
- cik: 0001451448
- company_name: ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222024453/0001493152-22-024453-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222024453/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-024453
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-024453.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer Pace was appointed as Chief People Officer at ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief People Officer
  source text: approved the appointment of Ms. Jennifer Pace as the Chief People Officer (the “CPO”) of the Company, effective September 1, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222024453/0001493152-22-024453-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Brackens was appointed as Director at ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: approved the appointment of Mr. John Brackens, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer of the Company, as a member of the Board, effective September 1, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222024453/0001493152-22-024453-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.