Andrea is a Global Brand strategist who has served in leadership roles for some of the largest media conglomerates, focusing on Brand development, content distribution, marketing, sales, organizational design and general management in a variety of businesses including, TV, Movies, Publishing, Themed Entertainment, Consumer Products and Games.
He joined The Walt Disney Company in 2006 where he was responsible for global licensing and global sales in the publishing business and set up and led the European Franchise Marketing team for Disney Consumer Products.
In his most recent role as Vice President & Managing Director, Franchise Management, Andrea Tartaglia was responsible for developing the cross-company strategies for Disney, Lucasfilm and Marvels’ key franchises/brands in the EMEA region.
Prior to joining Disney, Tartaglia was the Managing Director for Universal Pictures’ home video business in Spain and Portugal. He also held the role of Vice President, International Marketing, Universal Pictures International, with responsibility over 26 markets. Before this, he held a variety of positions with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment in Italy and in the UK/EMEA.