Animaccord Ups Vladimir Gorbulya to CEO

Animaccord Group has promoted Vladimir Gorbulya, the company’s former VP and head of licensing, to the role of CEO.

As CEO, Gorbulya will manage Animaccord’s U.S., Cyprus and Russia offices and lead the company’s business diversification. Exploring and acquiring new animated properties will be among his responsibilities as he looks to instigate brand development and expansion into global markets across multiple areas of licensing.

Gorbulya joined Animaccord in January 2012 to help develop and promote the company’s Masha and the Bear property worldwide, focusing on the licensing of consumer product, media and promotional deals. His international media strategy included cementing partnerships with global media majors such as Netflix, Google, Corus, NBCUniversal, Sony, Viacom18, RAI, France TV, Televisa and SBT.