Licensing International has announced that nine company executives were elected by the Licensing International membership to serve three-year terms on its Board of Directors, effective July 1.
The new board members include Casey Collins, head of licensed consumer products at Hasbro; Michael Connolly, founder and CEO of Retail Monster; Javier Garza, head of consumer products Mexico at Warner Bros. Discovery; Alexandra Heyd, head of licensing at BurdaVerlag Germany; Tanya Isler director of licensing and publishing at Netflix; Stuart Pollock, president of Segal Licensing; Marc Schneider, CFO of Beanstalk; Kalle Törmä, CEO and founder of Flowhaven; and Angell Xi, partner at Jingtian & Gongcheng.
“I am so pleased to welcome the nine new members of our Board, whose diverse experiences and invaluable knowledge will help Licensing International support the expansion of brand licensing around the world,” said Maura Regan, president of Licensing International, in a statement. “I want to thank outgoing chairperson Jay Asher and outgoing board members Sol Armada, Juli Boylan, Omar Fajer, Elias Fasja Cohen, Simo Hamalainen, and Ed Labay for their time and dedication.”
Steve Scebelo, president of NFL Players Inc., will serve as chairperson and Veronica Hart, EVP of global franchise planning for Paramount Consumer Products & Experiences, will serve as vice chairperson.
