Funko, Inc. Appoints Cynthia Williams as Chief Executive Officer, Effective from May 20, 2024
May 10, 2024 at 01:35 am IST
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Funko, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Cynthia Williams as its Chief Executive Officer, effective May 20, 2024. Williams is also expected to join the Funko Board of Directors on that date. Michael Lunsford will remain the company?s Interim CEO until Ms. Williams joins the company in May.
Williams will bring nearly two decades of senior leadership experience across the consumer products, gaming and e-commerce industries. Most recently, Williams served as president of Hasbro?s Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Gaming division, where she oversaw the company?s portfolio of games that includes Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, and Monopoly. During her tenure at Hasbro, Williams successfully scaled areas of growth and positioned the Gaming division for continued success amid evolving consumer demand.
Prior to that, Williams spent several years at Microsoft, most recently as General Manager and Vice President, Gaming Ecosystem Commercial Team, where she drove the significant expansion of Xbox Gaming. Earlier, Williams was a senior executive at Amazon for over a decade, where she played a key role in the global growth of their e-commerce direct-to-consumer business, Fulfillment by Amazon.
Funko, Inc. operates as a pop culture lifestyle brand. The Company is engaged in selling a range of licensed pop culture consumer products, featuring characters from a range of media and entertainment content, including movies, TV shows, video games, music and sports. Its products are principally figures, fashion accessories, apparel, plush products, accessories, homewares, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Its products combine its brands and designs and aesthetic sensibilities into properties it licenses from content providers. In addition to offering multiple properties and product categories, it creates and sells a variety of brands that have their own look and feel. The Company's brand portfolio includes Core Collectibles (which include Pop! Vinyl, as well as other branded lines such as Soda, Bitty Pop!, and Pop! Yourself), Loungefly (softlines including bags, wallets, backpacks and apparel) and Other (which includes brands, such as Digital Pop! and Mondo).