Management Team

Brian Mariotti has served as Funko, lnc.'s Chief Executive Officer and as a member of Funko, lnc.'s board of directors since its formation in April 2017, as the Chief Executive Officer of FAH, LLC and as a member of FAH, LLC's board of directors since October 2015, and as Chief Executive Officer of FHL and as a member of FHL's board of directors since May 2013. Mr. Mariotti has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Funko, LLC since he acquired the business with a small group of investors in 2005. We believe Mr. Mariotti's knowledge of the pop culture industry and many years of experience as our Chief Executive Officer make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Andrew Perlmutter has served as the President of Funko, Inc. and FAH, LLC since October 2017. Mr. Perlmutter was the Senior Vice President of Sales of FAH, LLC from June 2013 until October 2017. Prior to that, he was a co-founder of Bottle Rocket Collective, a board and travel games company, where he oversaw product manufacturing and sales from December 2012 until December 2013. Prior to that, he was a National Account Manager at The Wilko Group from August 2001 until December 2012, where he managed sales to a variety of major mass-market, specialty and online retailers. Mr. Perlmutter received a B.A. in Interpersonal Communications from Southern Illinois University.

Jennifer Fall Jung has served as Chief Financial Officer of Funko, Inc. since August 2019. Prior to that, Ms. Fall Jung worked at Gap, Inc. for over 20 years in financial and executive leadership roles, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations. During her tenure at Gap, Inc., Ms. Fall Jung also served in several roles at Old Navy, including Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Old Navy Global and Head of International. In addition, Ms. Fall Jung’s experience includes e-commerce, capital allocation, logistics and distribution, and inventory management. Other previous roles include Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Gap North America and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Strategy and Real Estate for Gap, Inc. Outlet. Ms. Fall Jung has MBA and BBA degrees from San Diego State University.

Tracy Daw has served as Funko, lnc.'s Senior Vice Presiden,t General Counsel and Secretary since its formation in April 2017, and as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of FAH, LLC since July 2016. Mr. Daw served as the General Counsel of INRIX, Inc. from April 2012 until July 2016, where he was responsible for global legal affairs, with emphasis on corporate and intellectual property matters. He also previously served in various roles at RealNetworks, Inc. from February 2000 until April 2012, including as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, where he managed the company's global legal affairs and corporate development efforts. From 1990 to 2000, Mr. Daw was a member of the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP, where he was a partner. Mr. Daw.

Johanna Gepford, a Washington native, started working at Funko in 2006, after receiving her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management from Eastern Washington University. Johanna helped grow Funko from a small staff to the currently 500+ professionals employed by Funko today. In 2020, Johanna became the SVP of Direct to Consumer at Funko. Prior to her current role, Johanna was the SVP of Sales from 2017 to 2019.

Joe Sansone is Chief Global Operations Officer

Ben Butcher is SVP of Creative, having joined Funko in 2013 as the V.P. of Creative. Before joining Funko he spent the previous 11 years wrangling Monsters, Fish, Robots, Superheroes, Cars, talking dogs, Rats who can really cook and of course lots and lots of Toys. A native of Tacoma Washington he enjoys rainy days and the smell of pine trees.

Andy Oddie serves as Funko Managing Director of EMEA, joining the company January 2017. Mr. Oddie has over 20 years’ experience in selling, manufacturing and marketing pop culture merchandise, and has held active board positions at key companies in the sector such as Forbidden Planet International, Forbidden Planet New York and Underground Toys. He founded both Underground Toys and Forbidden Planet Home shopping, giving him a unique insight across the key categories and properties that Funko creates and sells. During his tenure as Managing Director of Underground Toys, he sourced and oversaw the company’s manufacturing base in the Far East, as well as building the sales of the business to over $70m. Underground Toys was acquired by Funko in early 2017, and he now leads the Funko business in the EMEA region from the London office.

Jay Wheatley has served as General Manager, Games at Funko, Inc. since February 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Wheatley oversaw product development at board games studio Forrest-Pruzan Creative, most recently as a Principal since January 2011 and prior to that as Executive Producer, since May 2001. Prior to that Mr. Wheatley was Design and Development Manager at Entros, an interactive entertainment company, from June 1998 until January 2000. Prior to that Mr. Wheatley performed design and consulting for theme park and retail developments since 1993 on projects for Atari Time-Warner, Blockbuster Entertainment, Sony, Caruso, Outrigger Resorts, and Mall of America. Mr. Wheatley received a B.S. in Design from the University of California, Davis.