Stephen De Kanter

While President of Walt Disney Consumer Products Global Licensing Division, a $600M profit center, Stephen restructured and streamlined the global licensing operation, reducing their licensee base by 38% and globalizing category management teams.

As President of Walt Disney Consumer Products Latin American/Caribbean Division, he was responsible for growth of the business at a compounded 33% annual growth rate over a 9 year period with a team of 240 employees in 8 countries.

Previously Stephen was Vice President of Heublein's (now Diageo) Brand Development Center, overseeing R&D, Marketing, Packaging and Market Research for all New Products for a $2.4Billion alcoholic beverage company. Also while at Heublein, Stephen was Vice President of Western Hemisphere operations, overseeing 22% of Heublein's  international beverage operations.