{"id":4759,"date":"2018-03-28T10:18:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T14:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-business\/"},"modified":"2018-03-28T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T14:20:10","slug":"cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon Network Taps Disney Alum for AsiaPac Consumer Products Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turner Asia Pacific has named Vikram Sharma, a former Disney executive, as the VP of Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Sharma is charged with driving sales across the entire AsiaPac region for the company&#8217;s branded toys, apparel, home entertainment, publishing and lifestyle products, as well as live events and themed entertainment. CNE manages shows such as <em>Ben 10<\/em>, <em>Adventure Time<\/em>, <em>The Amazing World of Gumball<\/em> and <em>The Powerpuff Girls<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Cartoon Network Enterprises also manages Adult Swim\u2019s <em>Rick and Morty<\/em>. Additionally, Sharma\u2019s remit includes management of Tuzki, the digital IP and emoticon of choice in China and beyond. In South Asia, Turner acts as a representative for Warner Bros. Consumer Products.<\/p>\n<p>EMEA President Giorgio Stock, who also spearheads Cartoon Network Enterprises for Turner internationally, will work closely with the CNE team in the\u00a0Asia Pacific to maintain consistency and strategic direction for the business outside of the U.S. Before joining Turner, Sharma held key positions at Disney across Asia, including in Singapore and India. Most recently, he led Disney\u2019s consumer-products business in Thailand, which is a key location for Turner\u2019s CNE business.<\/p>\n<p>Ricky Ow, the president of Turner Asia Pacific, said, \u201cThe potential of the CNE business is immense and with Vikram leading the charge, we know it can be realized. We are incredibly pleased to have attracted someone with his track record and have high hopes that fans of our amazing IP and franchises will have products that match their passion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turner Asia Pacific has named Vikram Sharma, a former Disney executive, as the VP of Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":4760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1028,322],"class_list":["post-4759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cartoon-network-enterprises","tag-turner-asia-pacific"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cartoon Network Taps Disney Alum for AsiaPac Consumer Products Role - TVASIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-role\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cartoon Network Taps Disney Alum for AsiaPac Consumer Products Role - TVASIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Turner Asia Pacific has named Vikram Sharma, a former Disney executive, as the VP of Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) in the region.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-role\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVASIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-28T14:18:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-28T14:20:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/07\/VikramSharma-CartoonNetwork-318.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"367\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-role\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-role\/\",\"name\":\"Cartoon Network Taps Disney Alum for AsiaPac Consumer Products Role - TVASIA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-28T14:18:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-28T14:20:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-role\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-role\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/cartoon-network-taps-disney-alum-asiapac-consumer-products-role\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cartoon Network Taps Disney Alum for AsiaPac Consumer Products Role\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/\",\"name\":\"TVASIA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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