Licensing in Latin and South America

Prior to staring her own firm, Mary was VP Latam for Global Brands Group.  She has over 20 years of Latin American marketing and brand management experience in consumer package goods and services companies.  During her career she has worked with a diverse portfolio of companies including Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Colgate, Unilever, Citibank, Heinz and Kellogg’s.  She is fluent in Spanish and is working on her Portuguese.

Part of Start up team for Sports and Television Property Rights Licensing of Grupo Clarín, one of the leading multimedia companies in Argentina and Latin America representing soccer teams like Boca Juniors among others. Francisco was the commercial manager of the Argentina Rugby Union developing sponsorships, TV rights, and international rugby matches. After this he was Licensing Manager for Global Brands Group working on the start up office in Argentina with the FIFA and “Patito Feo” brands. Since 2007 he is the Licensing Director of Gran TV S.A the Argentina Agent of Discovery Networks, LLC for the Ad sales and Licensing Business.

Luis is the sole founder and president of COMPAÑIA PANAMERICANA DE LICENCIAS S.A.C.  His company has worked with many brands and agencies in the licensing space such as:  The Beanstalk Group, Cartoon Network, Global Brands, Red Nose and Sony ton ame a few.  Luis has been awarded Licensing agent of the year in 1988 by LIMA and was awarded Licensing agent of the year 2008 by TELEVISA.

Ms. Vigna got her start in the business world as a brand manager at one of Brazil’s most popular fashion brands.  She worked on the launch of Red Nose and has experience selling some of the world’s most famous character brands such as Snoopy, Garfield and Spider Man to name a few.