Nick Names Licensing & CP Business Development VP

LONDON: Dan Frugtniet has been appointed as the new VP of licensing and consumer products (CP) business development for Nickelodeon International.

Frugtniet will oversee the ongoing expansion of Nick’s international CP business and the developing growth of the business in Russia/CIS, India, South Africa, Israel and the CEE/Adria region. He will report to Mark Kingston, the general manager and senior VP of Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) EMEA and International Promotions & CPG. Frugtniet first joined Viacom International Media Networks in 2010 and has helped develop the company’s business in EMEA.

Kingston remarked: “Dan has been an invaluable member of our team here at Viacom, and we are thrilled to have him in this role. Dan demonstrates a flexible and entrepreneurial approach to building the business across diverse and complex markets, and we’re confident in his ability to help us to continue to drive growth and build relationships with our partners across the markets for which he is responsible.”