Scopely has introduced the appointment of Phil Hardin to the position of CFO. As part of the corporate’s govt staff, Mardin will assist optimise and develop Scopely’s enterprise.
“Phil’s understanding of and curiosity in shopper motivations mirrors our long-held imaginative and prescient that the businesses with the deepest relationships with gamers will win,”stated Scopely co-founder and co-CEO Walter Driver.
Hardin has twenty years of expertise at excessive development organisations. For fifteen years he held a wide range of roles at Amazon, together with CFO of Amazon Promoting and head of investor relations, in addition to main finance groups throughout a number of branches of the corporate together with buyer fulfilment, Kindle Content material, and Amazon Prime.
Most just lately, Hardin served as CFO of plant-based meat different firm, Past Meat.
“Scopely’s enterprise success and extremely social recreation portfolio is extraordinarily spectacular, however to me, probably the most thrilling a part of the corporate is the individuals. Each individual I’ve met is immensely motivated, good, enthusiastic about delivering for gamers and has a real ‘embrace the journey’ angle,” stated Hardin. “It’s clear to me the collaborative tradition permeates from the highest, and as a founder-led enterprise with co-CEOs who deeply complement one another, the corporate has the sting as a real chief in video games. I’ve personally witnessed the ability and connection of video games with my kids, and am excited to dig into this world that continues to carry individuals collectively.”
A excessive development organisation
Scopely has lengthy been a fixture inside the cellular video games house, however the firm has been rising its profile in recent times attributable to acquisitions and video games primarily based on widespread IPs, comparable to Marvel and The Strolling Lifeless. The appointment of Hardin, who has a confirmed observe document in excessive development corporations, reiterates the corporate’s hopes to scale additional, bringing its video games to new audiences and its organisation to new heights.
“With important expertise main finance operations throughout a variety of roles together with one of many fastest-growing, international companies inside Amazon, Phil is indispensable for Scopely in our subsequent section of development,” stated co-CEO Javier Ferreira.
Earlier this 12 months, we listed Scopely as one of many high 50 cellular recreation makers of 2022.
