Darin Harper

Darin Harper joined Dave & Buster’s in June 2024 with over 25 years of finance experience in both the public and private sectors working in multisite consumer, retail, and entertainment brands. Most recently, he was CFO of World Choice Investments, LLC, a leading operator of large themed, family entertainment attractions. Darin was previously EVP, Chief Financial Officer for Main Event Entertainment, Inc. from March 2017 through its acquisition by Dave & Buster's in June 2022, overseeing all finance, accounting, legal, risk and audit functions. During his time there, Darin helped lead the company through significant growth, scaling efficiently while positioning the company for more data-driven analytics, focused on enhancing the guest experience and improving profitability. Contemporaneous with this role, he also served as Group CFO for Main Event's parent company, Ardent Leisure (ASX: CEH), based in Sydney, Australia, from June 2018 through June 2022. Prior to Main Event, he was CFO at On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina and Principal Accounting Officer at Chuck E. Cheese after beginning his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.