Briere is an experienced sales manager who has worked in the hobby game industry for many years. Most recently he severed as Senior Account manager at Panda Game Manufacturing, building brands, relationships and international outreach for the company. Prior to that he was an International Sales representative at Asmodee US, and served as Sales Manager and later Sales Director at Fliosofia / Z-Man Games. During his time at Z-Man games, Briere gained a unique perspective on the distribution side of the industry.

Briere will be attending several upcoming trade shows in 2017, including the Nuremberg International Toy Fair on February 1-6, the New York Toy Fair on February 18-21, and the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas on March 12-14.

“We are pleased Carl has joined the team, and I’m excited to be working with him again after our time at Asmodee US,” said CMON Sales Director Jules Vautour. “His years of experience, ranging from publishing, to distribution, to manufacturing, are incredibly beneficial to the fast-growing CMON family as we strive to better service our customers around the globe.”

CMON Limited recently became a publicly traded company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) (see “CMON Raises $10 Million, Shares Now Publicly Traded”). CMON has an aggressive release schedule planned for 2017, including Kronia (see ‘Earn the Favor of the Gods in 'Kronia'”), Gang Rush: Breakout, 75 Gnom Street, and Sherlook (see “Mafia Races, Gnome Gangs, and Crime Scene Investigations”).