---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-031509"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GMBL"
cik: "0001451448"
company_name: "ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T00:27:08.708050+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Esports Entertainment appoints Michael Villani as permanent CFO

## Summary
- Michael Villani appointed Chief Financial Officer effective August 29, 2023, promoted from interim CFO and Financial Controller.
- Employment agreement provides base salary of $250,000 and eligibility for annual discretionary bonus and stock option plan.
- At-will employment with 90 days written notice required from Villani; 3 months salary continuation on non-cause termination.
- Villani joined the company in February 2021 as Financial Controller; previously spent 18 years at KPMG in deal advisory and audit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-031509
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GMBL
- cik: 0001451448
- company_name: ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315223031509/0001493152-23-031509-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315223031509/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-031509.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Villani was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective August 29, 2023, Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Michael Villani, 47, as the permanent Chief Financial Officer, from his previous role as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Financial Controller.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451448/000149315223031509/0001493152-23-031509-index.htm

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