Andrew Essex

Andrew Essex is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Tribeca Film Festival and founding CEO of Droga5. 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 rainmaker with an extensive track record of generating high-margin revenue, crafting compelling narratives and operating complex enterprises in competitive markets.