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EMEA Leadership
A commitment to excellence, creativity and innovation. Our executive team’s vision and strategic direction deliver stories, characters and experiences that are welcomed into the hearts and homes of millions of families around the world.

Jan Koeppen
President, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Jan Koeppen
President, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Jan Koeppen was appointed President, The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in November 2019. Based out of Disney’s regional headquarters in London, Jan is accountable for Disney+, motion pictures, television including Disney channels, ESPN, FOX and National Geographic, media distribution, content sales and strategy and business development, as well as music and stage shows across EMEA. He also closely collaborates with the consumer products team.
Jan oversaw the successful rollout of Disney+ in EMEA in 2020, which is now available to more than 60 countries and territories in the region.
In his role, Jan is responsible for overseeing Disney’s portfolio across a diverse collection of countries with teams operating in 59 markets across 29 countries.
Jan joined The Walt Disney Company following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, where he was President, Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe & Africa. In this role Jan had full P&L and operating responsibility for FNG’s regional businesses covering brands such as FOX, National Geographic, FOX Sports and BabyTV, as well as the non-video activities of National Geographic Partners.
A seasoned media executive, Koeppen first joined FNG’s parent company, 21st Century Fox in 2009 (then News Corporation) as COO Europe & Asia. Accomplishments in this role included the completion of 32 transactions and major restructurings for the group in Europe and Asia, including the majority stake acquisition of Sky Deutschland, the establishment of Star India as a standalone entity and merging the remaining Star business with FIC/FNG Asia. In his role as COO Europe & Asia he also represented 21st Century Fox on the boards of Sky Deutschland, Tata Sky, Phoenix TV (HK) and others.
Prior to joining 21st Century Fox, Koeppen held a variety of posts with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), including the role of Partner and Managing Director at the firm’s London branch, where he served as co-head of BCG’s worldwide Media Practice.
Born in Germany and raised in Brussels, he holds a Masters of Management from H.E.C. Paris (Diplome H.E.C) and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The George Washington University in Washington D.C. He has lived in seven countries and is fluent in English, French, German and Spanish.

Kakhaber Abashidze
Country manager and media head, The Walt Disney Company Russia & CIS and Central & Eastern Europe
Kakhaber Abashidze
Country manager and media head, The Walt Disney Company Russia & CIS and Central & Eastern Europe
Kakhaber Abashidze is the Country manager for The Walt Disney Company Russia & CIS and The Walt Disney Company Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) since 2019. In both roles he is also directly responsible for the Russia and CIS and CEE media businesses.
Kakhaber joined Disney in 2008 as Vice President of Channel Distribution covering Italy, Iberia, CEE, Africa and Emerging Markets.
In addition to his channels distribution role, since 2014 Kakhaber also lead Disney’s media distribution activities as a General Manager for Turkey, Greece, Israel and Middle East.
Prior to joining the Walt Disney Company, Kakhaber served as Regional Manager of Fox International Channels, worked as the Commercial Director and the General Manager of Jetix Europe for seven years, and was a telecoms analyst at business consulting firm Frost and Sullivan.
Kakhaber has a degree in International Law from Tblilisi state University, Georgia, as well as a Diploma in Journalism and holds MSc in International Management from University of London (Birkbeck).

Paolo Agostinelli
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, AFFILIATE AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EMEA
Paolo Agostinelli
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, AFFILIATE AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EMEA
Paolo Agostinelli is Senior Vice President, Affiliate and Content Distribution, for The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is responsible for affiliate distribution agreements for Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer propositions; and for affiliate sales of channels and non-linear subscription services across Disney’s combined entertainment, kids, factual and sports portfolio.
Paolo is also responsible for the Content Sales business in EMEA, covering the vast portfolio of content coming from The Walt Disney Company’s television and motion picture studios. This sees feature films from The Walt Disney Studios, as well as TV series and factual content from Walt Disney Television Studios, FX, Freeform and National Geographic, distributed via broadcasting platforms, digital platforms and pay TV networks across EMEA.
Paolo joined the Walt Disney Company following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, where he was latterly Executive Vice President, Distribution, Europe & Africa, for Fox Networks Group (FNG), a business unit of 21st Century Fox, where he led affiliate distribution across the region, looking after revenues for all channels and services. He joined FNG in April 2017.
Previously, Paolo was at Tata Sky, the leading pay TV platform in India and a JV between Tata Group and 21st Century Fox, as Chief Content & Business Development Officer, where he was responsible for business strategy and all content acquisition and programming.
Paolo also held roles at Sky Italia, the leading pay TV platform in Italy, where he looked after content acquisition for all third party channels and launched Sky on Demand; and as Marketing Director and Head of IPTV at Fastweb, the first Italian triple play operator.
A graduate from Bocconi University, Milan, and MBA from Columbia Business School, New York, Paolo started his career as a consultant at Bain & Company, where he spent ten years working with key Italian players in telecommunications and media.
Passionate about art, Paolo serves as Board Member of Fondazione Bagatti Valsecchi, an historic house museum in his native city, Milan, as representative of the Municipality.

Simon Amselem
Country Manager Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Middle East and Africa
Simon Amselem
Country Manager Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Middle East and Africa
Since 2010, Simon Amselem has been leading the integrated organisation that manages all Disney activities in Spain & Portugal. Simon also has direct operating responsibility for all media businesses in this region. Under his leadership, the Company has significantly increased efficiency and delivered substantial growth. He recently spearheaded the successful launch of the streaming service Disney+ in Spain. Simon expanded his remit to include Africa in 2020, and more recently, in 2023, to Greece, Israel and the Middle East.
Since joining Disney in 1996, Simon has held a number of senior positions within The Walt Disney Company, based in three different countries.
During 2008 and 2009 in London, he was Senior Vice-President Channel and Sports Distribution Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), leading the team in charge of managing platform relationships and conducting carriage deal negotiations for Disney and ESPN television channels in EMEA. In this role, he led the negotiations regarding the re-branding of Jetix into Disney Channel or Disney XD across the region and the launch of Disney Channel in various countries such as Netherlands and Greece, among other projects.
Between 2005 and 2008, as Senior Vice-President and Managing Director Disney Television France, he was responsible for operating and distributing Disney Channels in French-speaking territories.
In 1997, he was appointed Vice-President and Managing Director Disney Branded Television Iberia; in this role, he managed the launch of Disney Channel Spain in 1998 and then the launches of Playhouse Disney and Toon Disney in Spain and Disney Channel Portugal in 2001. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2002.
Simon joined Disney from Capital Cities / ABC, where he was Vice-President European Operations ABC Cable and International Broadcast during 1995 and 1996. Prior to this, he was a founding partner of the consulting and investment company Iberacción, S.A. in Madrid (1989-1995) and had worked for two years as a Corporate Finance Associate at Shearson Lehman Brothers in New York City, after obtaining an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1987.
Simon is fluent in four languages (English, Spanish, French and Portuguese).

Deborah Armstrong
Senior Vice President, General Manager Media Networks EMEA & Country Manager UK & Ireland
Deborah Armstrong
Senior Vice President, General Manager Media Networks EMEA & Country Manager UK & Ireland
Deborah Armstrong is Senior Vice President, General Manager Media Networks EMEA & Country Manager UK & Ireland. She is responsible for the day-to-day management of the networks in three key genres – kids (Disney Channels), factual (National Geographic) and entertainment (FOX) and directly oversees advertising sales and partnerships, marketing, communications and research for the media networks business. Deborah also manages the National Geographic brand across the region, working closely with the non-profit National Geographic Society.
As Country Manager UK & Ireland, Deborah also has responsibility for all of The Walt Disney Company’s UK & Irish businesses and activities.
Deborah joined Disney following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, where she was Executive Vice President, National Geographic Partners (NGP) and Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe and Africa. In this role, Deborah had full oversight for Advertising Sales and Brand Partnerships for FNG and NGP and led the regional growth strategy and P&L for National Geographic Publishing, Consumer Products and Expeditions (Travel). Additionally, Deborah was responsible for Corporate Communications, FNG Europe and Africa.
Deborah joined 21st Century Fox in 1997, and worked across the organisation in multiple capacities, offices and locations. Originally based in Hong Kong, Deborah joined the core launch management team in Asia as SVP Marketing, Communications & Advertising Sales for National Geographic Channel, Asia and Middle East, before returning to the UK in 2002 to build the advertising sales business across Europe & Africa.
Before joining National Geographic and FNG; Deborah was Head of Sales Marketing & Research at CNBC & NBC, Asia, was a founding team member of M&C Saatchi, Asia Pacific, and Regional Media Director, Leo Burnett, Ltd working across global brands based in both Hong Kong and the UK.
Born in the UK, Deborah holds a degree in English Literature & Film Studies from the University of North London.

Simon Bailey
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Simon Bailey
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
As Chief Financial Officer for The Walt Disney Company EMEA, Simon is responsible for all the financial functions across the region leading the local market and regional CFOs across commercial finance, financial planning and analysis, shared accounting services and controllership, cost management and tax services. In addition, Simon plays a key role in identifying and analysing new business opportunities, driving efficiencies and working with the EMEA Management team in pursuing sustainable and profitable growth.
Simon began his Disney career in 1995 as the UK Controller for TWDC Ltd, and then progressed through a succession of roles for Disney Channel UK & EMEA covering production finance, commercial deal negotiation, general management, business operations and finance. Simon was part of the management team that launched and expanded the reach of numerous channels across the EMEA region and also managed the integration of the Disney Channels and the Jetix TV businesses which Disney acquired in 2008. Immediately before his current role, Simon was the CFO for TWDC UK and Ireland, and in addition led EMEA Finance for Disney’s interactive businesses, for the EMEA Music Group, and DisneyLife, for which he was a founder member.
Simon is qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in London, where he worked on a number of Media & Entertainment clients, and is an Economics graduate from the University of Exeter.

Luke Bradley-Jones
Senior Vice President, Direct to Consumer and General Manager, Disney+ EMEA
Luke Bradley-Jones
Senior Vice President, Direct to Consumer and General Manager, Disney+ EMEA
Luke Bradley-Jones joined Disney in January 2020 as SVP, Direct to Consumer and General Manager, Disney+ EMEA. In this role Luke is responsible for the roll-out of Disney+ across the region and the ongoing strategy, operations, and commercial performance of Disney’s DTC business.
Prior to that Luke was at Sky for 8 years, where he led the transformation of Sky’s On Demand services and the launch and rapid growth of a range of products, including Sky Store, Sky Box Sets, and Sky Q. In 2017 he became Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for marketing strategy and communications across Sky’s TV, broadband and mobile businesses.
Before joining Sky, Luke spent five years at BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial arm, where he was Managing Director of BBC.com and Global iPlayer, leading the rapid expansion of the corporation's global digital businesses across online, mobile and video on demand.
Luke has a first class degree from Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, and a Masters in Modern Indian History. He lives in North London with his wife and three daughters.

Marco De Ruiter
Country Manager and Head of Media, The Walt Disney Company Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg
Marco De Ruiter
Country Manager and Head of Media, The Walt Disney Company Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg
Marco de Ruiter is the Country Manager for The Walt Disney Company Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, where he is responsible for more than 3,000 hours of live sports programming every year in The Netherlands. He will also have direct responsibility for the local media businesses.
Marco joined the Walt Disney Company following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, where he was Managing Director for the FOX Networks Group (FNG) in Germany, Switzerland, Austria (GSA) and Benelux. His Benelux remit includes the management of the FOX Sports joint venture with the Eredivisie (Dutch Premier League).
Marco joined FNG in 2013. In his years overseeing the German operations, the FNG channels became category leaders in the respective entertainment and documentary pay-tv clusters and he oversaw the launch of FOX+ on Deutsche Telekom.
Marco has been an executive in the media and entertainment industry since 2002 when he started at Viacom. He was latterly Chief Operating Officer for Northern Europe (GSA, Benelux, Nordics) at the company, where he was responsible for the operations in all countries and on a regional level for Distribution, Strategy, Digital Media and Shared Services. He also acted as Managing Director for Viacom’s International Media Centers, overseeing the establishment of and consolidation into two content media hubs in London and Amsterdam.
Prior to working in media and entertainment, Marco worked in Retail and E-Commerce, where he was CFO for Dutch household appliances and furniture company Ceteco in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. He also founded B2B e-commerce market place XpertBuyer.com.
He has served as an independent director on the board of Dutch cable company CAIWay and has been an angel investor in various technology start-ups.

Hélène Etzi
Country Manager and Head of Media, The Walt Disney Company France
Hélène Etzi
Country Manager and Head of Media, The Walt Disney Company France
Hélène has been the Country Manager and Head of Media, TWDC France since April 2019. As Head of Media for France, she has responsibility for the French media business which includes streaming activities (Disney+), the Disney Channel and National Geographic television channels as well as the distribution of the Disney group content.
As Country Manager for France, Hélène has responsibility for all The Walt Disney Company’s French business activities.
Hélène Etzi joined Disney France in 2004. She simultaneously held the positions of Vice-President and General Manager of Disney Channels France and Director of Marketing of The Walt Disney Company France. Therefore, she was responsible for all aspects of the marketing of The Walt Disney Company brands, franchises and content in France.
She then took over the management of Disney’s television channels accessible in the territories of the Europe Middle East and Africa region, a portfolio of more than 61 entertainment channels for children and family available in 117 countries in 22 languages.
Hélène Etzi led the channels’ digital transformation by developing new experiences on all platforms. She especially managed to consolidate the audiences of the Disney Channels chains in the region and developed local productions as well as the emergence of local talent.
Before joining Disney Channels, Hélène was Director of Sales and Marketing at Easynet, the English Internet Service Provider and worked many years for the leading Telco Orange.
Hélène holds a Master in Marketing and Communication from the highly reputed French School “Celsa” (Sorbonne University).

Daniel Frigo
Country Manager & Head of Studio Distribution, The Walt Disney Company Italy and Country Manager Turkey
Daniel Frigo
Country Manager & Head of Studio Distribution, The Walt Disney Company Italy and Country Manager Turkey
Daniel Frigo is the Country Manager of The Walt Disney Company Italy and also has direct responsibility for Studio Distribution in this market. Frigo is also Country Manager for Turkey in our Turkey, Israel and Greece (TIG) organization. As the leader of these local integrated organizations, Daniel is responsible for delivering consistent annual bottomline growth across the overall company, coordinating and motivating a unified local executive leadership team made up of multiple lines of business and driving key strategic one company franchise plans for Disney’s portfolio of brands and properties.
Previously as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group (WDSMP) for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Frigo was responsible for the distribution and marketing of all the feature films released by The Walt Disney Company in the region including films from Pixar, Dreamworks, Marvel and those acquired by Disney. In 2009 he was named International Distributor of the Year at Cinema Expo, one of the main events in the industry for the EMEA market. He joined The Walt Disney Company in 1992, and was based in Burbank for the first three years at the Walt Disney Studios Corporate Headquarters, where he helped build the Studios’ first international feature film distribution division. He then moved to London to coordinate the Distribution and Sales department of WDSMP’s EMEA. In 2000 he also managed the launch of the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment’s (WDSHE) Emerging Markets Group.
In 2005 he became Senior Vice President and General Manager of WDSMP EMEA, and a few years later he took on the role of Walt Disney Country Sponsor for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 2008 he also became Managing Director WDSMP for the studio in UK and Ireland.
Born in San Francisco in 1962 from an English mother and Italian father, Daniel lived in both the United Kingdom and Italy for over 25 years. He graduated with a Degree in Political Science and Italian Literature from the University of California, Berkeley and also holds a Master in Business Administration for Marketing from UCLA.

Amy Holland
Vice President, Corporate Communications & Corporate Responsibility, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Amy Holland
Vice President, Corporate Communications & Corporate Responsibility, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Amy Holland is Vice President, Corporate Communications and Social Responsibility for The Walt Disney Company, EMEA. In this role, Amy is responsible for Corporate and Internal Communications as well as Social Responsibility. Amy also works closely with the Disney Entertainment line of business and country communications leaders across EMEA to ensure alignment.
Amy first joined The Walt Disney Company, EMEA in 2020 as Director of Comms for Disney+ and Media Networks. In this role, she was responsible for the press launches of Disney+ across multiple countries, oversaw publicity and brand campaigns and established a clear social and influencer strategy. Amy also oversaw comms for Disney’s linear channels, within its Media Networks organisation which includes National Geographic.
Prior to that, Amy was at Sky for nine years most recently as Head of Corporate Reputation and Campaigns, focused on influencing key opinion formers and shaping digital-first corporate campaigns.
Amy began her career at full-service consultancy, Ketchum, after being awarded PR Week’s James Maxwell Award for promising entrants to the industry. She has also featured in PRWeek UK’s Power Book multiple times most recently listed as one of the Top Ten comms professionals in the entertainment sector.
Amy is a graduate of Durham University.

Lee Jury
Senior Vice President, Studios Marketing, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Lee Jury
Senior Vice President, Studios Marketing, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Lee leads all aspects of marketing for Theatrical and Physical Home Entertainment for our combined Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox Films businesses (including Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight), such as: marketing strategy, creative, digital engagement and studios PR. He is also responsible for our centralised marketing teams including: Corporate Brand management, cross company-wide research, studio and integrated promotions, digital marketing and media strategy. Our Music Group also reports into Lee.
Previously, Lee was Head of Studio Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), responsible for the marketing activities of The Walt Disney Company’s theatrical and home entertainment businesses across the region. This included direct operational accountability for these activities in the UK and Ireland.
Previous to that, Lee was Executive Director of Marketing for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK, where he was responsible for marketing activity for the UK Studio business.
Lee joined Disney in 1995 and has held a variety of Marketing and Sales positions within Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, formerly Buena Vista International.
Prior to joining The Walt Disney Company, Lee was a Marketing Executive at a UK-based exhibition film network organisation.
Lee graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a BA (Hons) degree in Business & Technology Management. He is based in London

Nikki Keat
Chief Regional Counsel of The Walt Disney Corporation EMEA
Nikki Keat
Chief Regional Counsel of The Walt Disney Corporation EMEA
Nikki Keat is Chief Regional Counsel for The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Nikki leads the legal function across the region and is responsible for all legal and regulatory matters impacting Disney’s businesses in EMEA. She reports to Dorothy Attwood, Senior Vice President, Global Legal, Policy & Compliance
Nikki has been with Disney for over 27 years. Nikki recently held the position of Deputy Chief International counsel CPGP supervising the supporting legal function for EMEA, APAC and LATAM having previously held the role as chief legal counsel for CPGP EMEA. Prior to that she also held the role of Chief Regional counsel for LATAM. Nikki is a UK solicitor and before Disney worked in media and IP law in London for Stephens Innocent and RCP&G.
Nikki has an MA Oxon in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford.

Toby List
Vice President, Human Resources, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Toby List
Vice President, Human Resources, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Toby is responsible for The Walt Disney Company’s Human Resources (HR) strategy, operations and organisation in the EMEA region.
Toby’s career at Disney began in 2009, where he has held HR leadership roles in EMEA, Australia & New Zealand and the US and has worked in Compensation and Benefits, HR Business Partnering and Talent Development. Prior to his current role Toby led HR for Disney Advertising in the US and has worked across multiple lines of business.
Prior to joining The Walt Disney Company, Toby worked for the WPP Group in a variety of HR roles.
Toby is a graduate from the University of Wales and holds a Masters degree in Human Resources Management from the University of Westminster.

Diego Londono
Executive Vice President, Media Networks and Content, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Diego Londono
Executive Vice President, Media Networks and Content, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Diego Londono is Executive Vice President, Media Networks and Content. He is responsible for all television channels, multiplatform content, original production, marketing, creative services, and research for the Walt Disney Company Television portfolio across the region. Diego leads the company’s content strategy across its four genres (kids, factual, entertainment, sports) and oversees the brand strategy for Disney Channel, National Geographic, FOX and ESPN/Fox Sports. In this role, he also partners with the EMEA Direct-to-Consumer team on content strategy, commissioning and acquisitions.
Diego joined the Walt Disney Company following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, where he was Chief Operating Officer, Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe and Africa. In this role, Diego worked alongside the regional President to further the FNG Europe and Africa operation and growth objectives, and was directly responsible for the company’s product strategy, including programming, production, acquisitions, marketing and research. As regional Head of Italy and the UK, he also had P&L responsibility and oversight of the operations in these markets.
A 21st Century Fox veteran, Diego joined the company in 1997 working in a variety of roles and countries over the past 22 years to create and successfully build the organisation’s international operations. Prior to being named Chief Operating Officer, Diego spent 13 years in Rome as President of FNG Italy and Germany, managing a 16 channel portfolio of channels that included the development and launch of new brands (FoxLife, Fox Crime, Fox Comedy, Fox Animation). Prior roles included Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Research, FNG Italy and Director Marketing, Communications and Digital for FOX, National Geographic Channel and FOX Kids throughout LATAM, based in Los Angeles.
Born in Colombia and raised in Los Angeles, California, Diego holds a Business Economics degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Masters in International Management from the University of California at San Diego. Diego has lived and worked in multiple countries and is fluent in three languages (English, Italian, Spanish).

Eun-Kyung Park
Country Manager and Senior Vice President, General Manager Media, The Walt Disney Company Germany, Switzerland & Austria
Eun-Kyung Park
Country Manager and Senior Vice President, General Manager Media, The Walt Disney Company Germany, Switzerland & Austria
Eun-Kyung Park was appointed Country Manager of The Walt Disney Company Germany, Switzerland and Austria (GSA) in July 2023. She is responsible for all business segments of this media company, while also having direct responsibility for the media business including Disney+, TV Networks, ad sales and media distribution in the German-speaking region.
Eun-Kyung is a digital pioneer and visionary manager with deep strategic digital and content knowledge. She began her career at Bertelsmann in 2001, where she worked for the Bertelsmann Group in China and France for several years and was responsible for the management and turnaround of a China-wide bookselling chain and the establishment and management of a Korean Chinese start-up in the children's education sector. In her final role, she was responsible for corporate development at the DirectGroup Executive Board division.
Prior to joining The Walt Disney Company, Eun-Kyung served as Chief Digital Officer at ProSiebenSat.1, leading all digital and linear content offerings. In this role, she was instrumental in the successful launch of the video streaming and live TV platform “Joyn” and member of the supervisory board of Joyn. During her 10 years at ProSiebenSat.1, she held various senior positions, first as Managing Director for the digital video business, then in 2012 as Managing Director of the TV channel “sixx” before being promoted to the Board of the ProSiebenSat1. TV Deutschland GmbH leading New Business & Digital Strategy for TV Networks. She then held the Managing Director position of ad sales & marketing at Seven. One Ad-Factory GmbH, and later adding the investment company SevenVentures GmbH to her remit before returning to her digital roots in 2018.
She has served as Member of the Supervisory Boards of Software AG and ad pepper media international NV.

Nami Patel
Senior Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Nami Patel
Senior Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Nami Patel is Senior Vice President Business Development & Strategy for The Walt Disney Company, EMEA. She is responsible for all strategic initiatives and planning, new launches, and identifying growth opportunities for the EMEA business.
Nami joined the Walt Disney Company, following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, where she was SVP Business Development for Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe & Africa. Accomplishments in this role include the development and launch of VOD products FOX+ and National Geographic+, establishing the growth plan for National Geographic’s consumer products and travel businesses in Europe, local partnerships relating to IP development, ad sales and affiliate operations, and joint venture initiatives to expand the FOX Sports business across the region. Since 2016, Nami has also held the position of Chief Financial Officer for FNG’s UK operations.
Nami first joined FNG’s parent company, 21st Century Fox, in 2010 (then News Corporation). In her role as Finance & Corporate Development Director for Europe & Asia, Nami was responsible for financial oversight of 21CF’s portfolio of businesses including Sky Italy, Sky Germany, Star India, Fox Turkey and various JVs in the Middle East. She also had a leading role in Finance and Commercial workstreams for all M&A activity, most notably the Sky Italy/Germany sale to BSkyB, and the Endemol/Shine merger in 2014.
Prior to her roles at 21st Century Fox, Nami held various positions within Deloitte’s Assurance & Advisory Group, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant and went on to lead client engagements across Retail, Services and TMT industries.
Nami holds a Masters degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, was recognised in Management Today’s Top 35 Women under 35, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

NICK RUSH
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, STUDIO DISTRIBUTION, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EMEA
NICK RUSH
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, STUDIO DISTRIBUTION, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EMEA
As Senior Vice President of Studio Distribution for The Walt Disney Company EMEA, Nick leads all distribution activities across Theatrical and Physical Home Entertainment for our combined Walt Disney Studios businesses in EMEA - Disney, Walt Disney Animation, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, LucasFilm Ltd, Twentieth Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures.
Previously, Nick was Vice President, Hardlines, Games and Interactive Experience for the Consumer Products, Games and Experiences (CPGP) division of Disney EMEA, where he had commercial responsibility for the Toys and Video Games categories. Nick also led Franchise strategy and commercialisation for the Lucasfilm and 20th Century consumer products business in this role.
Prior to that, Nick held various other senior roles in the business including Vice President of Finance for CPGP in EMEA and Vice President of Finance for Walt Disney Studios EMEA, which he combined with being Chief Financial Officer for TWDC Central & Eastern Europe and Vice President, Finance, Franchise & Marketing.
Nick’s career at Disney spans over twenty-five years, having joined the Company in 1994. Prior to joining The Walt Disney Company Nick worked for BMW UK and Grand Metropolitan Brewing.
Nick is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA). He is based in London.

Claire Terry
Senior Vice President, Consumer Products, Games & Publishing (CPGP), EMEA
Claire Terry
Senior Vice President, Consumer Products, Games & Publishing (CPGP), EMEA
Claire was appointed in September 2022 and is responsible for bringing the Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars brands into the lives of fans and families across the region through physical and digital products and experiences. Critical to this role is the go to market strategy to deliver innovative and best in class retail activations, including the rapidly expanding ecommerce platform shopDisney.
The scale and breadth of the EMEA business is significant, encompassing must-have toys; sustainable and inclusive lines; limited edition collectibles and homewares, through to luxury apparel collaborations and sell-out NFTs. Industry leading Creative and Product Development extends storytelling to world class product execution, delighting and inspiring imaginations.
Previously, Claire led the Hardlines and Games businesses for EMEA, implementing diversification into new categories and demographics, and onboarding new partners in Luxury Hardlines and Tech, signalling a fully reimagined business designed to deliver against an ambitious growth trajectory.
Prior to this, Claire was CPGP EMEA Head of Business Operations, where she was instrumental in successfully establishing a regional transformation strategy and operationalising a new structure.
During more than 18 years in the division, she has also led the UK Consumer Products business, the largest within the regional portfolio, and managed the commercial performances of key retailer relationships such as Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's.
She advocates for responsible and diverse business practices and was one of the founding members of the dedicated CPGP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Global Committee, whose purpose is to ensure accountability and evaluate progress against key pillars within the business.
Claire is married with two children, and she holds a BA (Hons) degree in Business Studies and studied in Birmingham.

Hans van Rijn
Country Manager and Head of Media, The Walt Disney Company Nordics
Hans van Rijn
Country Manager and Head of Media, The Walt Disney Company Nordics
Hans van Rijn is the Country Manager for The Walt Disney Company Nordics where he also has direct responsibility for the local media business.
Hans joined the Walt Disney Company following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, where he was GM for the Nordic region of the Fox Networks Group (FNG), driving engagement and value from linear and digital video products reaching +14m people on a monthly basis.
Since joining FNG in 2017, he has been a driving force behind new, groundbreaking partnerships in the region including the launch of a new streaming and TV service in Denmark with YouSee, the consolidation of the Finnish TV advertising market with Sanoma Media, becoming the strategic partner of Nordic Entertainment Group and the roll out of FOX+, National Geographic+, the National Geographic free-to-air channel in Finland and the Xee brand in Denmark.
Prior to joining FNG, Hans held the role as Vice President, Global Digital Strategy and Business Development for Discovery Networks International across its five regional operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa; Latin America/US Hispanic and Asia-Pacific. This included overseeing 20 premium online video services, 100 channel websites, 60 YouTube channels and 300 social media services. Previously, Hans also worked as Nordic Director, Business Development & Digital Media at SBS Broadcasting, where he built the digital business of SBS Media with its portfolio of market leading TV and Radio brands in the Nordics. He was also part of the SBS Nordic management team that secured the sale of the Nordic operation to Discovery Inc.
He has also held positions at SBS Radio (Group Programme & Marketing Director, Nordics & CEE) and ProSiebenSat.1 Media (Group Programme & Marketing Director – Music TV).
Throughout his career, Hans has achieved multiple successes in the audio and video landscape including leading roles in devising and executing user-centric products in OTT, audio streaming, TV and radio across Europe.