Management

Dick Rothkopf: Chairman

Between 1969 and 1975 Dick Rothkopf held various positions in Europe for Mobil Oil Corp. In 1975 he was appointed International Controller for Nixdorf Computer AG, Germany until 1977 when he became President of Douglas Dunhill Inc., a position he held until 1979. Since 1980, Dick has been Chairman and owner of Rothkopf Enterprises Inc. In addition, he held the position of Executive Chairman of Learning Curve International from 1993 until its acquisition by RC2 Corporation in 2003 and was Senior Vice President and a director of RC2 Corporation until December 31, 2006.

Rob Lawes: Chief Executive

Rob Lawes was company accountant at Video Arts Television before joining HIT in 1989 as its Financial Controller and Company Secretary. In 1995, he was appointed to the board of HIT as Finance Director and became its Director of Corporate Development in 1997 and Commercial Director in 1999. From June 2001 until October 2004, Rob held the position of Chief Executive of HIT, following which, he advised Apax Partners on its successful acquisition of HIT in May 2005.

Rob was appointed an Executive Director of Ludorum on 10 January 2006.

Charlie Caminada: Chief Operating Officer

Charlie Caminada was National Sales Director of Triple M Radio in Sydney, Australia from 1981 until 1986. He joined London Weekend Television in 1987 as Sales Group Manager for its new Late Night Service until 1990 when he joined HIT as Senior Sales Executive. Charlie was HIT's Head of Sales from 1993 until 1995 when he was appointed to the board as Sales Director. In 1999 he became Managing Director – Worldwide Distribution and in June 2001 became HIT's President – Global Sales and Marketing. Between June 2002 and September 2005, he held the position of Chief Operating Officer of HIT.

Charlie was appointed an Executive Director of Ludorum on 10 January 2006.

Don Toht: Executive Vice President Concept and Development

From 1988 to 1995, Don Toht served as Creative Director for an agency partner of McDonald’s Corporation, developing happy meal toy programs. In 1995 he joined Learning Curve International as Vice President of Product Development. There he managed the efforts of research and development, design, engineering and product management. In 2003 Learning Curve International was acquired by RC2 Corporation, where Don held the position of Vice President of New Products, focusing his attention on research and concept development until April 2006.

Daniela Flower: VP, International Sales

Daniela Flower (née Tose) was Sales Assistant and then Sales Executive within the television distribution division at HIT Entertainment between 1997 and 2000. In 2000 Daniela was appointed Director of Latin American Sales and moved to HIT’s US office based out of Los Angeles and then Dallas, Texas. In 2003 Daniela returned to the UK as Senior Brand Manager Australasia managing HIT’s brands across television, home entertainment and consumer products. Between April 2005 and October 2007 she held the position of Director, International Licensing at Marvel Entertainment International.

Daniela was appointed Vice President International Sales at Ludorum on 1st February 2008.

Julian Day: VP, UK Licensing

Julian Day was a Sourcing Designer for Coltejer-Praxis International and between 1991 and 1999 held positions in Colombia, Hong Kong and Morocco. He joined Warner Bros. Consumer Products in 1999 as Senior Category Manager and by 2003 was managing a number of licensed categories across the Warner brand of entertainment properties as Group Category manager. In 2004 Julian joined Marvel International Entertainment as Licensing Director leaving in 2007 as Vice President of Licensing.

Julian was appointed Vice President of Licensing of Ludorum on April 17 2008.

Joi Podgorny: VP, Interactive Development

Joi Podgorny leads the integration of interactive/online strategies into Ludorum's television, publishing and toy properties. Before Ludorum, she has spent the past decade helping build, manage, and scale online communities for kids while developing and implementing the systems and infrastructure needed to make these communities viable. Joi has worked as a consultant championing and implementing COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) compliance and monitored networks, as well as developing and implementing strategies in the realms of digital production, integrated marketing, and youth interactive research.

Malcolm Paget: Company Secretary

After an academic career as a researcher and lecturer in economics, Malcolm joined Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers) in 1985 where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and specialised in business advisory and corporate finance work in the broadcasting sector. His 12 years at the firm also included a secondment to the Serious Fraud Office as an Assistant Director.

Subsequently, Malcolm worked as Finance Director of HIT Entertainment plc, where he was responsible for floating the company on the London Stock Exchange. He has also held Finance Directorships at DLA Worldwide Limited, a recruitment business, and at Reed Health plc where he organised the de-merger and floatation of the Reed healthcare business from the rest of the Reed Executive business. He now also runs a London based Chartered Accountancy practice.

Malcolm was appointed Company Secretary in November 2007 and is responsible for the finance and administrative functions of the Company.