Studiocanal subsidiary The Copyrights Group, which handles merchandising and licensing business for parent company IPs such as Paddington, has appointed Sissel Henno to the new position of Head of Global Sales – Licensing and Retail. Henno will lead commercial strategy on licensing and merchandising programs in the UK and EMEA, through to a global scale, and oversee retail operations, including the Paddington store at Paddington Station in London. She previously worked with licensors such as The Walt Disney Company and SEGA. In other staffing news, Paris-based Benoît Jaubert, former Head of Digital Sales at Studiocanal, has been appointed VP Sales. Reporting to Henno, he will sell licensing and merchandising rights in France and oversee Copyrights’ agents in Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. Along with long-term Copyrights executives Polly Emery (SVP Brand & International Sales) and Rachel Clarke (SVP UK – Licensing & Retail in the UK), The Copyrights Group now has a team of four senior executives. “I am thrilled to be joining the highly-experienced Copyrights Group team… The imminent opening of the Paddington London Experience and launch of the highly-anticipated third movie, Paddington in Peru, later this year are two exceptional opportunities for our company,” said Henno.
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