LONDON\/LOS ANGELES: Bento Box Entertainment has unveiled its plans for\u00a0Sutikki UK, the company’s first office in Europe, which will be focused on expanding\u00a0the new kids’ and family division that\u00a0launched late last year.<\/p>\n
Sutikki was co-founded by Andrew Kerr and Irene Weibel in October 2016. Former DHX Media exec Stephen Gould is on board\u00a0to lead the U.K. office and serve as territory head for the U.K. and EMEA. He will initially concentrate on increasing licensing opportunities for Moon and Me<\/em>. The new London-based office is expected to officially open this summer.<\/p>\n Before this appointment, Gould was the managing director for the U.K. and Eire at DHX Media’s CPLG, where he worked on a portfolio that included\u00a0Teletubbies<\/em>, In the Night Garden<\/em>, Twirlywoos<\/em> and Sesame Street<\/em>, among other titles. Earlier in his career, he was employed by\u00a0such companies as HIT Entertainment, Zodiak Entertainment,\u00a0Ragdoll Worldwide and DreamWorks.<\/p>\n \u201cIn addition to being a fellow Ragdoll alumnus, Stephen has a raft of experience and an enviable pedigree within the licensing industry, and I am honored that he will be joining our growing team,\u201d said Kerr. \u201cSutikki was founded to be an international venture, and the opening of our first European office formalizes our commitment to being a full-service, worldwide business less than six months from our launch.\u201d<\/p>\n Gould added: \u201cI am thrilled to have joined Sutikki at the start of this exciting new enterprise. When I was approached by Andrew Kerr about taking this position, I had four primary interests: this market, working for a company with a compelling vision, capitalizing on great capabilities and working with outstanding like-minded people. To be able to engage the licensing marketplace with a top brand like Moon and Me<\/em> from Andy Davenport is both an honor and a privilege. The broad and very positive trade reaction to date has been simply phenomenal and I very much look forward to realizing the ambitions of all of the partners and stakeholders not only with Moon and Me<\/em>, but also a growing portfolio of IP moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LONDON\/LOS ANGELES: Bento Box Entertainment has unveiled its plans for Sutikki UK, the company’s first office in Europe, which will be focused on expanding the new kids’ and family division that launched late last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":11980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1907,2439,2440],"class_list":["post-11979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bento-box-entertainment","tag-stephen-gould","tag-sutikki-uk","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n