Hope Cochran

Hope Cochran is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, a technology-focused venture capital group. Prior to joining Madrona, Ms. Cochran was the Chief Financial Officer of King Digital Entertainment plc, creators of Candy Crush and other social mobile games, from October 2013 through the sale to Activision in 2016. Prior to that she served as the Chief Financial Officer of Clearwire Corporation and was with the company from 2005 to 2013, when it was sold to Sprint. Hope’s industry experience spans telecom, software and mobile gaming, all with the consistent theme of intense growth and change. In the role of Chief Financial Officer, Hope has led companies through early-stage investments to large public entities.

Ms. Cochran was recognized in 2013 as one of FORTUNE's 10 Most Powerful Women in Gaming. In 2018, Women’s Inc. announced Ms. Cochran as its Most Influential Corporate Directors and in 2021, she was recognized as Director of the Year by Pugent Sound Business Journal. She holds a C.P.A. through the state of California, a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Music/Opera from Stanford University.

Hope joined the Hasbro Board of Directors in 2016 and is the Chair of the Finance and Capital Allocation Committee and serves on the Audit Committee. In addition, she also serves on the Board of MongoDB and is the Chair of the Audit Committee.