Team | Rocket Licensing

Charlie Donaldson
Rob Wijeratna
Joanne Davey
Melissa Satterly
Louisa Skevington
Karen Marie
Richard Hollis

Charlie Donaldson - Joint Managing Director

Charlie spent four years at BBC Worldwide before joining Central Television, in a move that began 12 years in ITV building brands such as Thunderbirds, Bullseye & Tots TV. Charlie was most recently Head of Licensing at ITV, responsible for the team that built such brands as Little Britain and Liverpool and Arsenal Football Clubs.

Tel.: 0207 207 6241 E-mail: charlie//rocketlicensing/com
Rob Wijeratna - Joint Managing Director

Rob spent 12 years at BBC Worldwide, brand managing and licensing globally successful brands, including Teletubbies, Wallace and Gromit and Noddy. Rob was Licensing Director at Harper Collins - (Children's) and then joined Entertainment Rights Plc, where he was Senior Brand Manager for Postman Pat.

Tel.: 0207 207 6242 E-mail: rob//rocketlicensing/com
Joanne Davey - Head of Product Development

Joanne has been Head of Product Development at Rocket for over five years with experience in a broad spectrum of licenses. Previous to that, she played a senior management role in the UK’s leading design studio for the kids and young adult market for a number of years.
Joanne’s expertise in design, retail and product development is a major asset for Rocket.

Tel.: 0208 761 8267 E-mail: joanne//rocketlicensing/com
Melissa Satterly - Brand Manager

Melissa has a wealth of experience in the Brand and Licensing industry having worked for BBC Worldwide for 8 years. While at the BBC Melissa worked in the Licensing, Brand Management and the Preschool Magazine departments across brands such as Tweenies, Charlie and Lola, In The Night Garden. Melissa’s role is Brand Manager to our growing portfolio of brands.

Tel.: 0207 207 6236 E-mail: melissa//rocketlicensing/com
Louisa Skevington - Licensing Coordinator

After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Louisa developed her interest and experience in the licensing industry at Santoro Licensing where she worked across successful European brands such as Gorjuss. Her role is to support and help build Rocket’s focused portfolio of brands.

Tel.: 0207 207 6243 E-mail: louisa//rocketlicensing/com
Karen Marie - Accounts Executive

Karen joined Rocket in September 2017, bringing with her years of valuable experience in finance. She works with our licensee and licensor partners to provide financial and administrative support for internal and external clients producing routine royalty reports.

Tel.: 0207 207 6240 E-mail: accounts//rocketlicensing/com
Richard Hollis - Head of Retail

Richard has over 25 years of experience in licensing, having held roles for companies including BBC, DreamWorks Animation and Hallmark. Among his achievements, Richard launched preschool brands such as Teletubbies and Tweenies at the BBC and oversaw movie licensing on How To Train Your Dragon and the 2016 hit Trolls at Dreamworks.
Richard's role is to build the profile of Rocket's brands at retail.

Tel.: 0207 207 6240 E-mail: richard//rocketlicensing/com

Charlie Donaldson - Joint Managing Director

Charlie spent four years at BBC Worldwide before joining Central Television, in a move that began 12 years in ITV building brands such as Thunderbirds, Bullseye & Tots TV. Charlie was most recently Head of Licensing at ITV, responsible for the team that built such brands as Little Britain and Liverpool and Arsenal Football Clubs.

Tel.: 0207 207 6241

E-mail: charlie//rocketlicensing/com
Rob Wijeratna - Joint Managing Director

Rob spent 12 years at BBC Worldwide, brand managing and licensing globally successful brands, including Teletubbies, Wallace and Gromit and Noddy. Rob was Licensing Director at Harper Collins - (Children's) and then joined Entertainment Rights Plc, where he was Senior Brand Manager for Postman Pat.

Tel.: 0207 207 6242

E-mail: rob//rocketlicensing/com
Joanne Davey - Head of Product Development

Joanne has been Head of Product Development at Rocket for over five years with experience in a broad spectrum of licenses. Previous to that, she played a senior management role in the UK’s leading design studio for the kids and young adult market for a number of years.
Joanne’s expertise in design, retail and product development is a major asset for Rocket.

Tel.: 0208 761 8267

E-mail: joanne//rocketlicensing/com
Melissa Satterly - Brand Manager

Melissa has a wealth of experience in the Brand and Licensing industry having worked for BBC Worldwide for 8 years. While at the BBC Melissa worked in the Licensing, Brand Management and the Preschool Magazine departments across brands such as Tweenies, Charlie and Lola, In The Night Garden. Melissa’s role is Brand Manager to our growing portfolio of brands.

Tel.: 0207 207 6236

E-mail: melissa//rocketlicensing/com
Louisa Skevington - Licensing Coordinator

After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Louisa developed her interest and experience in the licensing industry at Santoro Licensing where she worked across successful European brands such as Gorjuss. Her role is to support and help build Rocket’s focused portfolio of brands.

Tel.: 0207 207 6243

E-mail: louisa//rocketlicensing/com
Karen Marie - Accounts Executive

Karen joined Rocket in September 2017, bringing with her years of valuable experience in finance. She works with our licensee and licensor partners to provide financial and administrative support for internal and external clients producing routine royalty reports.

Tel.: 0207 207 6240

E-mail: accounts//rocketlicensing/com
Richard Hollis - Head of Retail

Richard has over 25 years of experience in licensing, having held roles for companies including BBC, DreamWorks Animation and Hallmark. Among his achievements, Richard launched preschool brands such as Teletubbies and Tweenies at the BBC and oversaw movie licensing on How To Train Your Dragon and the 2016 hit Trolls at Dreamworks.
Richard's role is to build the profile of Rocket's brands at retail.

Tel.: 0207 207 6240

E-mail: richard//rocketlicensing/com