Steve Manners
Vice President, Brand Development

Steve manages Beanstalk’s European business, overseeing the Brand Strategy and New Business teams in the London office. In addition he leads the global account teams for Vespa and Pelé.

A seasoned industry veteran, Steve has over 15 years of licensing and merchandising experience. Steve joined Beanstalk in 2007 from Universal Studios’ Consumer Products Group where he was Vice President of Europe, overseeing all Universal’s licensing, retail and promotions activities, including those associated with the acclaimed Peter Jackson film “King Kong” and the preschool series “Curious George”. Prior to Universal, Steve was Managing Director of Copyright Promotions’ U.K. office, developing consumer products and retail programs for a wide range of properties, including the event movies Spiderman 1 and 2, “Shrek 2”, and the highly successful “Mr. Men”.

Steve also ran the consumer products division at BSkyB, and opened 20th Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising’s first international office. He developed the European licensing and retail programs for “The Simpsons”, “X- Files” and “Titanic”.