Fifty Digital appoints Jamie Kilkenny as CFO to support growth plans

Fifty Digital, the multi-award winning creative agency in sponsorship and sport, has appointed Jamie Kilkenny as its first Chief Finance Officer, signalling the agency’s intentions to invest in top industry talent as the agency scales to support significant client investments, and large-scale global campaigns in another year of huge sporting events. 

Jamie joins Fifty Digital after nearly a decade at large global ad agency Iris, in a shared CFO role, with the focus being business performance, financial strategy & planning, cash management and financial operations. Fifty Digital is looking toward the broader creative agency sector for experience like Jamie’s to supercharge opportunity and growth into the second half of 2023 and far beyond. His real passion is business partnering, and with the sport industry showing no signs of slowing down, Jamie joins the leadership team, with the responsibility for building and leading the proudly independent agency’s financial planning and strategy. 

Taking home a brilliant bronze as the Sport Industry Awards Agency of the Year in 2023, and is setting up to scale, with an imminent move to new offices south of the river in London to accommodate an expanding team, as well as relaunch its service proposition to reflect the growing calibre of its global client partners and internal talent.

James Campbell, Fifty Digital Co-Founder, said: “With the financial and strategic firepower that Jamie brings to the business, we know our ambitious growth plans are in the best hands, allowing us to continue to support some of the biggest client partners in global sport, and empowering the team to drive towards making a positive impact on the industry we love.”

Jamie Kilkenny, CFO at Fifty Digital, said: “The vision for the business, passion for the work and energy of the team at Fifty Digital impressed me straight away. I’m delighted to have the opportunity to help achieve its ambitions, and with an independent structure in place anything is possible.”