---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-034945"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GMBL"
cik: "0001451448"
company_name: "ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T07:26:14.414157+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Grant Johnson departs; Jan Jones Blackhurst named Chair

## Summary
- Grant Johnson resigned as Chairman and CEO of Esports Entertainment Group on December 3, 2022.
- Independent director Jan Jones Blackhurst appointed as Chair of the Board, effective same date.
- No successor CEO named; Board search process not disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-034945
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GMBL
- cik: 0001451448
- company_name: ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222034945/0001493152-22-034945-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222034945/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-034945.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Grant Johnson departed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Grant Johnson departed from his position as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222034945/0001493152-22-034945-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jan Jones Blackhurst was appointed as Chair of the Board of Directors at ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board of Directors
  source text: The Company also appointed independent director Jan Jones Blackhurst as Chair of the Board of Directors, effective December 3, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315222034945/0001493152-22-034945-index.htm

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