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Bulldog works with a number of the world’s leading brand owners to develop merchandise programmes ready for the international and domestic licensing markets. Working with both the owners of existing brands to develop and enhance their consumer products programmes, and with the owners of more nascent IPs to help create brands that are fit for purpose in the highly competitive world of brand licensing.

Bulldog has grown since its foundation in 2007 to become one of the leading agencies in Europe.

Bulldog has an excellent reputation and contacts throughout the world of retailing and licensing in the UK and the Managing Director is a regular contributor to industry trade press articles and seminars. The company works with a network of the world’s leading licensing agents to ensure a cohesive approach to branding and product quality.

ROB CORNEY

GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR

ROB CORNEY is the Group Managing Director and CEO of the company he founded in 2007.  Before founding Bulldog, he worked at major licensing companies, developing programmes for worldwide brands including Thunderbirds, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Microsoft and Pokemon. He uses this experience to deliver strong commercial opportunities and adopts a hands-on approach, working with licensors, licensees and retailers to maximise the potential of each property.

SARAH BRAIN

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

SARAH BRAIN is Bulldog’s Finance Director and has been with the company since its inception. She is responsible for all elements of financial reporting from billing, client ledger management, preparation of accounts, tax reporting and the quarterly royalty reporting process. She works closely alongside the senior management team to ensure that brand development delivers monetary value to Licensors in a timely fashion and contractual financial milestones are fulfilled. Sarah is a fully qualified ACA and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales. She trained with and worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP for eight years prior to joining the Bulldog Group.

VICKY MILLER

LICENSING DIRECTOR

VICKY MILLER is Licensing Director at Bulldog and manages apparel, accessories, publishing, and footwear categories, as well as a number of brands in the Bulldog portfolio. Before joining Bulldog as Licensing Executive in Summer 2013, Vicky began her licensing career in the emerging markets licensing team at Mattel. She has won the Licensing.biz Rising Star Award, as well as appearing thrice in the Toy News 30 Under 30.

SOPHIE YATES

BRAND MANAGER

SOPHIE YATES is Brand Manager for the company responsible for establishing strategies and targets for the growth of the brands in our portfolio and working closely with the licensing and creative teams to ensure these goals are met. Having joined Bulldog in 2015, her previous roles have included working across product development and licensing. Sophie has been a finalist for the Licensing.Biz and LIMA UK Rising star awards. Prior to Bulldog, she worked as a Marketing Assistant at Egmont Publishing where she was first introduced to licensing and got to work on top brands including Star Wars, Thomas the Tank Engine and Mr. Men.

SOLE SLATER

SENIOR CREATIVE MANAGER

SOLE SLATER is Senior Creative Manager at Bulldog. She manages product development approvals, marketing and creative as well as working closely with retail to coordinate exclusive style guide opportunities. Finalist of the Licensing.biz and LIMA UK Rising star awards, she joined Bulldog at the start of 2014 as a Creative Services Executive, having previously worked in stem cell research as a genetics graduate. Predominantly self-taught in the adobe suite, Sole has a passion for fashion and design.

ROCIO FERNANDEZ

CREATIVE EXECUTIVE

ROCIO FERNANDEZ is Creative Executive at Bulldog and she looks after product development approvals, design content creation and aid with assets and marketing materials. Nominee as Rising Star at the 2022 Brands Untapped 100 Creatives in the Brand Licensing Industry. Before she joined Bulldog, Rocio worked for a number of different companies in varied roles, encompassing content creation and user experience research.