WOMEN IN TOYS
Charlotte Le Rougetel, Director, Bastion
At Bastion, Le Rougetel works on the London Toy Fair, Gadget Show and Dream Toys, continuously raising the profile of our industry throughout trade and consumer media. Says one exhibitor at the events: “She also works incredibly hard for every project and no request is too much. In press offices, despite them often being up at the crack of dawn for TV teams etc, she is always polite, friendly and willing to help. Charlie really goes the extra mile.”
Cornee Marlow, Marketing Services Coordinator, Ravensburger
Marlow has helped push several of Ravensburger’s key releases in recent years. While at the firm, it has acquired licences including One Direction and The Gruffalo, and last year, Marlow helped to boost the company’s line of augmented reality puzzles, when she told ToyNews: “The range has shown real success in shops where time and space is taken to explain how traditional puzzlers can enjoy a jigsaw with AR technology.”
Anita Murphy, Director & Co- Founder, The Creativity Hub
Murphy believes that The Creativity Hub should try to make a difference in people's lives with products and with actions through imagination and problem solving. Seeing a gap in the education of children with regard to design skills, Murphy strived to create something to help. She is also at the centre of the business' annual donation to a worthy cause - this year Camp Zeitouna for displaced Syrian children.
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Michelle Lilley, European Marketing Manager, Little Tikes
Lilley joined Little Tikes in September 2013. She has a background in
the retail and home goods industry where she spent three years working on the Pyrex brand, and was responsible for all aspects of trade, consumer brand and communication development for UK and Eire. More recently, Lilley worked at BSHHome Appliances, handling the trade marketing for Bosch, Siemens and Neff.
Clare McCool, Co-Founder, Drumond Park
Ruth Lord, Partner, Dress A Doll
Sponsored by:
Kim Lucas, Division Sales Director, Christy’s By Design
According to her partner, Lord has always sought out quality product and will go to lengths to find it. This is why she wanted the hair on the doll to be hand- crocheted to make sure it was as higher quality as possible. The firm now has a team of crocheters around the UK ‘wigging’ as fast as they can. Lord has also come up with her own design of clothes that is updated seasonally. She opened a shop for the dolls in June 2013 in Lutterworth.
Elizabeth Moody, Licensing Executive, Seventowns
More than two decades ago, McCool co-founded Drumond Park with a fellow post graduate. Now the UK’s leading independent games company and famous for breaking new ground in the board games, action games and magic sectors, Drumond Park has a proven reputation for the creativity and longevity of its offerings. Best known titles include Articulate, Don’t Laugh, Magic Tooth Fairy, Pumpaloons and the LOGO picture board game series.
Fiona Murray- Young, Merchandise Director,
Toys R Us
Murray-Young is described as an ‘excellent retailer with an awesome aptitude’ for the toy business, continuously developing her knowledge and understanding to predict trends. A mother of twins, she has combined motherhood and TRU for the past eight years. She was promoted to merchandise director in 2010, which saw her bring her knowledge to the baby and video games markets.
From humble beginnings around the kitchen table with her family, Nathanson has taken Bananagrams from its launch through to global success, selling more than six million units in 31 countries. She has expanded the range with four more table-top games as well as foreign language editions and super-sized jumbo versions. The original Bananagrams game was revealed to be Amazon UK's bestselling toy of all time.
Seventowns’ licensing executive joined the company last year with a degree and masters in child development. Moody brings a key set
of skills to the development and licensing of Seventowns’ toys and games division. This is an area of the company that in the past has created such products including the Boglins, Doh Nutters and, of course most famously, the Rubik’s Cube.
Rena
Nathanson, Founder and CEO,
Bananagrams
Lucas is passionate about her product and her customers (UK supermarkets and multiples). She is always ready to take on new challenges and encourages great team spirit and positivity. Lucas is recognised for her key role in putting dressing up costumes firmly on the map of the UK High Street and for securing Christy’s preferred supplier status with both apparel and toy buyers.
Lisa Morgan, Associate Director, Generation Media
Morgan’s clients past and present include Mattel, Flair, VTech, Tomy and MGA. Having rejoined Generation Media in 2010 after a successful stint in the company’s founding years, Morgan set about fortifying existing client relationships, overseeing the strategic media planning behind some of the most high profile toy launches in recent years. She has also played an integral role in growing Generation’s client portfolio significantly.
Lee-Anne Neale, Senior Account Mgr, Goldfish & Bison
Neale has over 12 years experience of account development and management in the gift, toy, consumer goods and outdoor categories. Neale spent five years as a sales manager at Unique Concepts dealing with licences including The Simpsons, Star Warsand Harry Potter before joining Re:creation in 2005. Since joining G&B in 2011, Neale deals with toy brands including Spirograph.
Emily Maclennan, Category Director, Worlds Apart
Among her responsibilities, Maclennan has the sometimes unenviable task of leading the studio of over 20 creatives through the choppy waters of product development. She meets every challenge that comes with launching 150 new products a year, with unflinching energy. According to colleagues, her office door is always open and you will always be greeted with a smile. She has been a key driver in the firm doubling its turnover.
Franka Mulgirigama, National Account Manager, Mega Brands
Mulgirigama started life in the toy industry at Hasbro in 2001 as a national account manager. She spent five years with the company before joining Mega Brands in December 2006. During her seven years at the company as national account manager, Mulgirigama has handled a number of different ranges including the iconic pre- school building block range Mega Bloks. She currently manages the Toys R Us and Asda accounts.
Christine Nicholls, Vice
Chairman, Golden Bear Products
As the vice chairman and director of product development of Golden Bear, and the first female to be chair of the BTHA, Nicholls is one of the most respected woman in the industry and a definite role model. Beginning her career with Chad Valley, Nicholls co-founded Golden Bear with John Hales in 1979. Those that work with her will say she genuinely cares about all of her staff and the people that she works with and has an amazing attention to detail.
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