BKN Announces New Appointments, Promotions

LONDON, June 12: BKN International has announced a raft of
new appointments and promotions, including the elevation of Nicola Andrews to
managing director of BKN New Media in London.

In hew new position as managing director, Andrews will take on licensing and merchandising,
business affairs and public relations activities. She maintains her TV sales responsibilities for
English-, German-, French- and Russian-speaking markets.

Julian Day
joins BKN New Media as the VP of licensing and merchandising for English,
German and French-speaking markets, reporting to Andrews. Day was previously at
Marvel Entertainment International, where he served as the VP of licensing and
was responsible for directing the restructure of Marvel’s licensing program by
appointing several direct strategic pan-European licensees across a number of
key product areas. Prior to this he was with Warner Bros. Consumer Products for
five years. Reporting to him will be Shaz Walters, who has been promoted to
licensing manager, and Aleix Laos as the creative designer.

Rob Bassett
joins BKN New Media as sales manager for Canada, Scandinavia, Benelux and Asia.
Bassett was previously at Granada International where he was the sales
executive for in-flight. Prior to that he worked at ITEL and Carlton
International. He reports to Andrews.

Marianna
Johnson has joined BKN New Media as the director of legal and business affairs,
reporting to Andrews. Johnson was previously the head of legal affairs at ID
Distribution and the business affairs manager at Granada International.

Amelia
Bedford, also reporting to Andrews, has been promoted to senior PR manager,
based in London.

David Recasens has joined BKN New Media SL in Spain as
the VP of licensing and merchandising for Spain and Portugal, reporting to
Laura Tapias, the managing director. Prior to BKN, he was the licensing manager
at children’s animation producers Cromosoma. Before that, Recasens worked for
seven years as a commercial licensing manager at the Spain and Portugal-based
Biplano Licensing. Reporting to Recasens is Irene Civico, who has been promoted
to the licensing manager.

Martina Michels joins BKN International as the investor relations
manager. Michels was previously at Per Media, a promotions and event management
agency based in Cologne, Germany.