---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-019554"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GMBL"
cik: "0001451448"
company_name: "ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T10:20:57.331138+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Esports Entertainment appoints Damian Mathews as COO effective May 29

## Summary
- Damian Mathews, 51, reappointed COO; he resigned as CFO/COO in Dec 2022 but remained on board.
- Annual base salary of $280,000; performance bonus at Board's discretion; 1-year consulting deal with auto-renewal.
- Mathews brings 25+ years in finance/operations, previously CFO at Qatar and Abu Dhabi Investment Company.
- CEO Alex Igelman says Mathews helped streamline operations and is aligned with the new profitability-focused direction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-019554
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GMBL
- cik: 0001451448
- company_name: ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315223019554/0001493152-23-019554-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315223019554/form8-k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-019554
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-019554.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Damian Mathews was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: appointed Damian Mathews, a current member of the Board, to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (the “Appointment”), effective May 29, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315223019554/0001493152-23-019554-index.htm

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