PLAION
James Cathcart has a diverse work experience spanning many companies. James started their career in 2004 at Johnson & Johnson, where they worked as a Customer Development Manager and also completed a Graduate Program. James then moved on to Activision, where they held various roles including European Senior Manager for Call of Duty and Commercial Director for the UK&I market. James later joined Therabody as the Sales Director for EMEA and then joined Harpar Grace International as the Head of Global Growth & Strategy. Currently, they are working at PLAION as the Commercial Director - Partners. Throughout their career, James has demonstrated strong leadership skills and a focus on sales and marketing strategies.
James Cathcart attended Nottingham Trent University from 2000 to 2004, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in European Business. James'sfield of study was Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services.
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PLAION
PLAION is a global entertainment powerhouse with three decades of history behind us. We specialize in the distribution, publishing and development of games, merchandise, and video entertainment - allowing us to offer a unique breadth of services and solutions to our partners. PLAION publishes games across all platforms, including physical and digital channels. As a global publishing partner, we have formed long-term multinational publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, CI Games, Koei Tecmo, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, THQ Nordic, Warner Bros and many others. PLAION owns eight game development studios: Dambuster Studios, Fishlabs, Warhorse Studios, Milestone, Voxler, DigixArt, Flying Wild Hog, and Vertigo Games. Our studios are known for a wide breadth of successful titles and franchises such as Dead Island, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Hot Wheels Unleashed, Let's Sing, Road 96, and many more. Additionally, we collaborate with numerous independent development studios worldwide. Part of PLAION is PLAION PICTURES, a leading independent film distributor in Europe, that works closely with partners such as Paramount and Sony Pictures. We have a highly diverse portfolio of more than 3000 titles, including high-class arthouse titles such as the four-time Oscar® and Palm d'or winner Parasite. Further business operations include Sola Media, a sales agency and production company for family entertainment, Spotfilm Networx, a multi-channel streaming network, and the sub-label KSM Anime dedicated to Japanese animation. PLAION also owns the leading video game merchandise company DPI Merchandising (Denver, Roseburg, USA and Munich, DE) and a Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, CZ. PLAION is an Embracer Group company.