{"id":13415,"date":"2017-11-09T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/zag-adds-executive-team-taps-legendary-entertainment-alum-dual-role\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T12:41:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T17:41:23","slug":"zag-adds-to-executive-team-taps-legendary-entertainment-alum-for-dual-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/zag-adds-to-executive-team-taps-legendary-entertainment-alum-for-dual-role\/","title":{"rendered":"ZAG Adds to Exec Team, Taps Legendary Entertainment Alum for Dual Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZAG has bolstered its executive team with several new appointments, including naming former Legendary Entertainment CFO\u00a0Marlin Prager to the post of chief operating officer and chief financial officer.<\/p>\n<p>As ZAG\u2019s new COO and CFO, Prager\u00a0will lead the company&#8217;s operations and financial management, reporting directly to Jeremy Zag, the founder and CEO of ZAG. He joins the company following an 11-year term with Legendary Entertainment. In addition, David Ribardo comes to ZAG as chief accounting officer and will report to Prager. Cindy Elfenbein was appointed as VP of retail business development and will report to Andr\u00e9 Lake Mayer, ZAG\u2019s president of brand strategy and consumer products.<\/p>\n<p>Ribardo has more than 13 years of experience providing audit- and accounting-based services to public and private companies while serving as senior manager at PWC in Los Angeles.\u00a0In her new role, Elfenbein\u00a0will develop new business opportunities with key retailers and create unique partnerships and promotions between ZAG licensees and retailers. She has more than 25 years of experience in entertainment consumer products and retail development.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Jess Bansal serves as director of product development, and\u00a0Stacy Walker is the director of legal affairs, predominantly focused on the company\u2019s consumer-products licensing and brand development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have experienced rapid growth since we globally launched the first season of,\u00a0ZAG HEROEZ\u00a0<em>Miraculous, Tales of Ladybug &amp; Cat Noir<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0now seen in 120 countries worldwide with over 300 licensees on board and growing,\u201d commented Zag. \u201cWith over 200 hours of original content and eight television series in production, including the recent U.S. debut of our new boys\u2019 action\/comedy property,\u00a0ZAG HEROEZ\u00a0<em>Zak Storm: Super Pirate<\/em>, it has become exceedingly important to bring additional accomplished executives on board to join our existing leadership team. 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