Mr. Bodymore brings more than 25 years of
extensive international finance experience working with
fast-growing public and private enterprises in North America, the
U.K. and Europe
Longtime CFO Barb Harwood has decided to
transition from the role and will oversee the handover to Mr.
Bodymore
Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. (TSXV:TBRD, OTC – THBRF)
(“Thunderbird” or the “Company”) announced today that it has
appointed Simon Bodymore as the Company’s new Chief Financial
Officer (CFO), effective March 4, 2024. He succeeds longtime CFO
Barb Harwood, who after 19 years with Thunderbird has decided to
transition out of the role and will leave the Company as of March
1, 2024.
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Mr. Bodymore has more than 25 years’ experience leading
financial teams for public and private companies, with a particular
concentration in the last 15 years on working with fast-growing
Canadian companies that operate internationally. He also has
extensive experience raising financing for software-enabled
businesses. Since 2014, he held the position of CFO at
Vancouver-based software company Tasktop Technologies, assisting it
to scale efficiently through a period of rapid growth that led to
Tasktop’s acquisition by technology company Planview in 2022. Mr.
Bodymore is also the recipient of a 2020 CFO of the Year award from
Business in Vancouver.
Mr. Bodymore is based in Vancouver and reports to Thunderbird
CEO and Chair, Jennifer Twiner McCarron.
“We are beyond thrilled to welcome Simon to the Thunderbird
family as our new CFO,” said Ms. Twiner McCarron. “Simon has an
amazing track record of helping fast-growing companies scale
effectively and efficiently. He also has great experience working
with entrepreneurially minded leaders to further their businesses.
I am very much looking forward to working with Simon as we move
into the next phase of our journey to becoming a major global
studio.”
“I am so impressed by Thunderbird’s productions and its people,”
said Mr. Bodymore. “The quality of the series produced by
Thunderbird, Atomic Cartoons and Great Pacific Media are top-notch
across the board. And along with being kind and welcoming, Jenn and
her team have a pure passion for continuing to build a company
that’s already successful into something bigger. Altogether,
Thunderbird has such tremendous potential moving forward. I cannot
wait to dig in and get going.”
Ms. Harwood will remain with Thunderbird until the end of the
month to ensure continuity in reporting of Q2 fiscal 2024 results
and an orderly handover of the role to Mr. Bodymore. Ms. Harwood’s
extensive experience in the media sector played a crucial role in
supporting the Company’s growth, including the acquisition and
integration of Great Pacific Media and Atomic Cartoons and
Thunderbird’s public offering in 2018. In 2021, Ms. Harwood
received recognition as CFO of the Year by Business in Vancouver
and was named as one the Top Ten Financial Executives in Canada by
Globe and Mail’s Report on Business.
“We thank Barb for her countless contributions over the last two
decades, including the integral leadership role she played in
seeing us through our IPO and supporting the Company’s rapid
growth,” added Ms. Twiner McCarron. “It has been a privilege to
work alongside Barb, and she will be incredibly missed at
Thunderbird.”
In 2023, Thunderbird was recognized as a Top 50 TSX Venture
Exchange Company and named as one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies
by the Globe and Mail. The Company continues to expand its
portfolio of owned-IP originals with the recent of announcements of
production on Great Pacific Media’s Timber Titans (Discovery
Canada) and Rocky Mountain Wreckers (The Weather Channel), and
Atomic Cartoons’ Super Team Canada, produced with Will Arnett’s
Electric Avenue and greenlit by Bell Media’s Crave.
The Company has granted an aggregate of 75,000 restricted share
units (“RSUs”) to Mr. Bodymore, under the terms of the Company’s
equity incentive compensation plan. The RSUs will vest one-third
annually commencing on the one-year anniversary of the date of the
grant. Each vested RSU entitles the holder to receive one common
share of the Company.
For more information on Thunderbird and to subscribe to the
Company’s investor list for news updates, go to
www.thunderbird.tv.
ABOUT THUNDERBIRD ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Thunderbird Entertainment Group is a global award-winning,
full-service multiplatform production, distribution and rights
management company, headquartered in Vancouver, with additional
offices in Los Angeles and Ottawa. Thunderbird creates
award-winning scripted, unscripted, and animated programming for
the world’s leading digital platforms, as well as Canadian and
international broadcasters. The Company develops, produces, and
distributes animated, factual, and scripted content through its
various content arms, including Thunderbird Kids and Family (Atomic
Cartoons), Thunderbird Unscripted (Great Pacific Media) and
Thunderbird Scripted. Productions under the Thunderbird umbrella
include The Last Kids on Earth, Molly of Denali, Highway Thru Hell,
Deadman’s Curse, Kim’s Convenience and Reginald the Vampire.
Thunderbird Distribution and Thunderbird Brands manage global media
and consumer products rights, respectively, for the Company and
select third parties. Thunderbird is on Facebook, Twitter, and
Instagram at @tbirdent. For more information, visit:
www.thunderbird.tv.
Neither the TSX-V nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX-V) accepts
responsibility of the adequacy or accuracy of this release, which
has been prepared by management.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Information
Thunderbird’s public communications may include written or oral
“forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information” as
defined under applicable Canadian securities legislation. All such
statements may not be based on historical facts that relate to the
Company’s current expectations and views of future events and are
made pursuant to the “safe harbour” provisions of applicable
securities laws.
Forward-looking statements or information may be identified by
words such as “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”,
“forecast”, “may”, “will”, “plan”, “project”, “should”, “believe”,
“intend”, or similar expressions concerning matters that are not
historical facts. Forward-looking statements in this document
include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the
Board and management continuing to grow the Company and striving to
maximize stakeholder value and the RSU vesting schedule.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of
estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause actual results and future events to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: general
business, economic and social uncertainties; litigation,
legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory,
political and competitive developments; product capability and
acceptance; international risk and currency exchange rates; and
technology changes. An assessment of these risks that could cause
actual results to materially differ from current expectations is
contained in the “Risks and Uncertainty” section of June 30, 2023
MD&A. The foregoing is not an exhaustive list. Additional risks
and uncertainties not presently known to Thunderbird or that
management believes to be less significant may also adversely
affect the Company.
The forward-looking statements or information contained in this
document represent the Company’s views as of the date hereof and as
such information should not be relied upon as representing the
Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this
document. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly
or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as
a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so
required by applicable securities laws. Accordingly, readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements
or information.
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Media Relations Contacts: Lana Castleman, Director,
Marketing & Communications Phone: 416-219-3769 Email:
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Contact: Glen Akselrod, Bristol Capital Phone: + 1 905.326.1888
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