Patrick Lucas

Patrick Lucas is the current Director of Finance at SKAEL. Prior to this, they were with StubHub from January 2019 to December 2021, where they served as Senior Finance Manager, Corporate FP&A. In this role, they collaborated with operational finance teams to produce semi-monthly cashflow forecasts for the CFO to present major areas of cash spend and funding needs to board & investors. Patrick also developed, coordinated and communicated long-range plan targets and annual budget guidance; highlighted and delivered key strategies to executives and external investors.

During their time at StubHub, Lucas also built & strengthened pro-forma analyses in support of the $4.05B divestiture from eBay to a private buyer. Patrick teamed closely with the CFO & external investors to construct simulations & sensitivity analyses around COVID-19 impact. In addition, they performed ad-hoc sizing, forecasting, and financial modeling to estimate the value proposition of major business and operational decisions. Lastly, they managed the entire P&L for the Music & Theater Business Unit (Gross Bookings $1.5B, revenue $0.4B, and costs $300M); with focus on both above and below the line drivers. Patrick introduced a bottom-up FY forecast, monthly variance analysis, and weekly YoY sales pacing dashboard by category and market.

Patrick Lucas has a Bachelors in Economics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Patrick also has certification from Microsoft Office Specialist in Microsoft Excel.

They are on a team with Varouzhan Ebrahimian - CTO, Ragu Mantatikar - VP Service Delivery, and Caroline van Vloten - Chief People Officer. Patrick Lucas reports to Baba Nadimpalli, CEO.