Hasbro Europe Strengthens Licensing Team

Katherine Buckland has joined Hasbro as director of brand licensing and publishing U.K., responsible for implementing aggressive growth plans for the U.K. She joins from the U.K. toy and stationery team at Disney and has six years experience in licensing and seven years in sales.

"As we grow our brands and focus more on retail execution we need to have a deeper and broader strategy that aligns across each market and product area, to better support Hasbro’s growth as a branded play company," says James Walker, vice president of Europe, the Middle East and the Americas at Hasbro.