Thunderbird Entertainment Appoints Simon Bodymore as Chief Financial Officer

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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Simon Bodymore joins Thunderbird Entertainment as its new CFO (Photo: Business Wire)

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.”