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JAKKS Pacific Announces Appointment of John Kimble as Chief Financial Officer And One-Year Extension of Chief Executive Officer’s Employment Term
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) announced today the appointment of John Kimble as Executive Vice President and
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[{"type":"text","content":" SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nJAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) announced today the appointment of John Kimble as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 20, 2019.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191120005299/en/John Kimble, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, JAKKS Pacific (Photo: Business Wire)\n\nMr. Kimble will be responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of the Company, including financial planning and analysis, accounting and financial reporting, as well as managing the tax, internal audit, treasury, and investor relations functions. He will report directly to JAKKS’ Chairman and CEO, Stephen Berman.\n\n\nMr. Kimble brings to JAKKS more than 20 years of experience in finance, strategy and corporate development, with expertise in operations, financial planning and strategy, cross-border international business activities, licensing and mergers and acquisitions, in addition to financial reporting and accounting.\n\n\nMr. Kimble worked for over 12 years in various VP / leadership positions at The Walt Disney Company covering Finance, Strategy, Operations, and Business Development. More recently, Mr. Kimble spent six years at Mattel, Inc. where he held several positions, including Vice President & Head of Corporate Development, Licensing Acquisitions, M&A. In between his service at Disney and Mattel, John spent a couple of years as an entrepreneur at a start-up gaming company. He began his career as a consultant for Mars & Co., a global strategy consulting firm. Mr. Kimble received his Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science, Concentration in Finance, Minor in Economics from the Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.\n\n\nStephen Berman, JAKKS’ Chairman and CEO, commented: “We are very excited to welcome John to the team and add his broad experience in finance and licensing to our management team. We believe his financial management skills coupled with his entrepreneurial experience will serve us well as we continue to implement our strategy of growth both domestically and internationally. Moreover, John’s decades of experience working within the toy ind...