Andrew Essex

Andrew Essex joined the Company’s board of directors on March 19, 2025. Mr. Essex has held the role of Senior Managing Partner at Tata Consultancy Services, a global information technology firm (“TCS”), since 2023. Prior to TCS, he was CEO and Founder of GoingConcern, a boutique c-suite strategic consultancy, and McKinsey Senior Advisor. Mr. Essex is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Tribeca Film Festival and founding CEO of Droga5, now owned by of Accenture. A highly creative strategic executive with three decades in branding, business development, and M&A, he is a proven entrepreneurial leader and culture builder with multiple exits, high-profile turnaround experience, skilled in recruiting, retaining and managing talent and overseeing complex P&Ls, and a deeply networked rainmaker with extensive track record of generating high-margin revenue, crafting compelling relevant narratives and operating complex enterprises in competitive markets. Mr. Essex is a frequent public speaker on media, marketing and monetization strategies and sits on the board of MMA Global and Plus Pool. He is the former Chair of the NYC Mayor’s Creative Council, and a former advisor to the White House American Office of Innovation and the Wharton SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management. A frequent angel investor, he serves as an advisor to Glasswing Ventures, a top fund focused on AI, prop tech, enterprise SAAS and cybersecurity, among other platforms. He was an award-winning journalist and cultural editor at such publications as The New Yorker, Details and Salon.com, among others. He has been a television commentator for ABC, CNN, and CNBC. He is author of “The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die and the Creative Resurrection to Come” and the co-author of three books: “A Very Public Offering: The Story of the Globe.com,” “Chasing Cool,” with former Barney’s CEO Gene Pressman, and “Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny,” with celebrated producer and musician Nile Rodgers. Mr. Essex has an M.A. from New York University and a B.A. from Queens College.