{"id":225350,"date":"2022-01-20T10:55:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T10:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/licensing.biz\/character-world-names-new-ceo\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T10:55:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T10:55:08","slug":"character-world-names-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/licensing.biz\/character-world-names-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Character World names new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>James Walker has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Character World.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James combines 25 years\u2019 experience in retail, licensing, brands and digital commerce and has held global senior management positions at Disney, Hasbro and McArthurGlen.<\/p>\n<p>Danny and Mark Schweiger will continue in their roles as Joint Managing Directors and will work alongside James in delivering the Company&#8217;s business plan.<\/p>\n<p>Danny and Mark in a joint statement said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last 17 years many of the team have worked closely with James both at Disney and Hasbro. More recently, James has been working with Character World to develop a growth strategy with plans to take the company to new levels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We enter 2022 looking forward to unlocking this exciting new chapter of our business with our brand and retail partners with James&#8217;\u00a0experience and leadership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James said: &#8220;I am delighted to be joining Character World at such an exciting time for the business. Both the industry and sectors Character World work in are in a strong position and we see exciting growth opportunities across multiple areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company will be targeting growth in its core business as well as accelerating the evolution of e-commerce and digital, distribution opportunities and expanding its success in Health and Wellness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tPIIgxysZE\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.biz\/character-world-dreams-big-with-14-5m-secure-trust-bank-finance-deal\/\">Character World dreams big with \u00a314.5m Secure Trust Bank finance deal<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Character World dreams big with \u00a314.5m Secure Trust Bank finance deal&#8221; &#8212; Licensing.biz\" src=\"https:\/\/licensing.biz\/character-world-dreams-big-with-14-5m-secure-trust-bank-finance-deal\/embed\/#?secret=tPIIgxysZE\" data-secret=\"tPIIgxysZE\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Walker has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Character World. 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