Fanatics hired Andrea Ellis as CFO, Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), the company’s online sports betting and iGaming division. In this position, Ellis oversees FBG’s finance functions, including accounting, budget, tax, and cost management.
Reporting to Fanatics Betting & Gaming CEO Matt King, Ellis is integral to developing strategies across FBG’s business and has oversight of payments and fraud.
“We are thrilled to welcome Andrea to our team as we inch closer to formally launching a new, dynamic online sports betting and gaming product for fans,” said King. “Andrea has an incredible background leading a wide variety of finance and innovative growth functions across transformative and large-scale consumer brands, experience that will be invaluable to the ultimate long-term success and global scaling of our business.”
Ellis joins Fanatics following two years as CFO of Lime, the shared electric vehicle company. Before Lime, she held positions of increasing responsibility with Restaurant Brands International, including head of investor relations and global financial planning and analysis. She was the chief financial officer, interim head of retail for Tim Hortons, and general manager of Popeyes, overseeing field operations for one-third of the chain’s locations in the U.S. Ellis began her career at Goldman Sachs in equities trading and investment banking.
Ellis sits on the Board of Directors of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. and serves as the company’s Audit Committee Chair. She was recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as its 2022 “Bay Area CFO of the Year, Non-Public Company” and Larkin Street for her work at Lime.
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