Falcon’s Beyond
Joanne Merrill is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in senior financial roles across various industries. Currently serving as Chief Financial Officer at Falcon's Beyond since July 2021, Merrill previously held the CFO position at Entertainment Technology Partners from May 2017 to July 2021. Prior to that, a significant role as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller was held at Hard Rock International from April 2007 to May 2017. Merrill's earlier career includes serving as a Senior Manager at PwC and as an Audit Senior at KPMG UK. Merrill began their career as a Mechanical Engineer at Rolls-Royce. An alumnus of the University of Bath, Merrill earned a BSEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from 1989 to 1992.
Falcon’s Beyond
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Falcon's Beyond Global, LLC is a fully integrated, top-tier experiential entertainment development enterprise specializing in intellectual property expansion. The company brings its own proprietary and partner IPs to global markets through owned and operated theme parks, resorts, attractions, patented technologies, feature films, episodic series, consumer products, licensing, and beyond. The company has won numerous design awards and provided design services in 39 countries around the world. It is composed of four core divisions: Falcon’s Treehouse (master planning & design), Falcon’s Digital Media, Falcon’s Licensing, and Falcon’s Parks & Resorts. Storytelling is the guiding force behind all Falcon’s Beyond projects—which turn imagined worlds into reality.