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Outdoor sports & D2C With Danay Lea

Danay Lea · April 4, 2022

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About Danay Lea

Danay Lea, podcast guest

C-Suite advisor, financial leader, chief triage officer to Outdoor Sports brands

15+ years Global finance and operations leadership4 regions Leadership across Asia, Middle East, Europe & North AmericaCFO BCA Research and former CBI finance chiefBurton Snowboards Strategic advisor

Corporate Financial Leader with financial roles including Advisor to the CEO at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, CFO at Commercial Bank International, and Program Director at ANZ.

Passionate about Outdoor Sports (Skiing, Mountain Biking, and Climbing) and bringing the professional structure and expertise of the corporate world to sports brands. Served as Strategic Advisor to Burton Snowboards.

More than 12 years of financial leadership experience across emerging markets taking on varied and increasingly senior roles during which time I had the opportunity to nurture teams across Asia Pacific and the Middle East, as well as experience and see most facets of an organization's operations. Equipped with C-level leadership expertise and a commercially astute focus to solve business growth and development challenges for organizations across multiple industries.

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About this episode

On this episode Leo interviewsDanay Lea. He is the Advisor to the MD & CEO of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. With more than 15 years of financial leadership experience across emerging markets he is applying the lessons learned to the outdoor sports industry. What is the connection between Finance and snowboarding?

What impact does climate change have on Outdoor sports and what founders are doing to improve sustainability and our environment?

How were Outdoor Sports affected by Covid and the recent disruption to global logistics?

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