Chris Cragg

Articled Clerk

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Hastings, England, United Kingdom

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Timeline
About me
Co-Founder Trivela Learning
Education
- South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
  1991 - 1995
  Board Exam and Articles
- St Georges College
  1981 - 1986
- Bramcote Prep School
  1978 - 1980
- University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
  1994 - 1994
  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Honours Accounting and Finance
- University of KwaZulu-Natal / University of Natal
  1988 - 1990
  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Accounting and Finance
Experience
- KPMG South Africa
  Jan 1991 - Apr 1995
  Articled Clerk
  Served Articles and Managed Audits of various small to large companies
- JPMorgan Chase
  Jul 1995 - Jun 1996
  SWAP Controller
  Oversee Profit & loss for various currency and interest swap desks
- Barclays Capital
  Oct 1996 - Nov 1997
  Fixed Income Controller, Project Manager Systems Migration
  Represent the Fixed Income Department within the Global System Migration
- Dot Com Start Ups
  Feb 1999 - Nov 1999
  Founding Team, Business Development, Finance Director
  0800freedom.com & adminapolis.com
- Orange
  Jan 2001 - Dec 2001
  Consultant to Orange Retail UK Ltd
  Develop, implement and run a KPI Reporting System both from an IT and Commercial perspective
- Kinross Clothing
  Jan 2003 - Dec 2005
  FD
  Kinross Clothing was one of South Africa's largest manufacturers of denim jeans. My role was to steer the company through the transition from manufacturer to sales company, expanding capacity by importing from China and diversifying into value retail.
- Flagstaff Foods
  Jan 2006 - Sept 2008
  Co-Founder
  Flagstaff was a cold meats manufacturer producing over 15 Tonnes of sausages a day, employing 120 people and supplying large listed retailers and large independents. The business also owned and operated 4 franchise butcheries and was sold in 2013 to O’Kin Foods.
- Buchanan Group
  Dec 2007 - Jun 2012
  COO
  Responsible for operations in the Africa, Middle-East and India region, providing the infrastructure to support rapid growth. Remain as a non-participating shareholder.
- Scattergood Ltd
  Mar 2012 - now
  Director
  Scattergood provides agile FD and advisory services to start-up companies.
- Immersive Album
  Jun 2012 - Oct 2015
  Co-Founder, CEO
  Immersive Album Ltd. was founded as a next generation music-entertainment company, launching the first music VR experience (The Who). Clients included Universal Music Group and Cord Worldwide. Voted in the top 25 Music Digital marketing campaigns in 2014 (Musically). The operations and technology were sold to Melody VR Ltd, initially listed as EVR Holdings and later purchasing Rhapsody Int Inc to rename as Napster Group PLC.
- Squawka
  Feb 2015 - Jan 2017
  Chief Financial Officer
  Squakwa was an early pioneer of data-driven football content and stories. Working closely with the co-founders, as interim CFO, I was responsible for financial planning & management and oversight of fundraising and M&A.
- FIVEYARDS
  Jan 2019 - Sept 2021
  Co-Founder and Joint CEO
  FIVEYARDS was a football player transfer market for fans. The platform allowed fans to buy real football player future performances and review players via proprietary scout reports. The platform was removed in Jun-21 to pivot to CLUB, a new Free-to-Play game.
- Formation Games
  Oct 2021 - now
  Supporting the Executive Team Formation Games is a games studio, specialising in sport strategy games. It's first game CLUB, a free-to-play, mobile football club owner fantasy game, is in closed beta with planned launch in summer 2024. I have been responsible for building the senior leadership team and raising > £5m.
  - Non Executive Director
    Jan 2024 - now
  - Co-Founder & COO
    Oct 2021 - Jan 2024
- Trivela Learning
  Jun 2024 - now
  Co-Founder
Licenses & Certifications
- Chartered Accountant