Karen Stacey has the best seat in the house as Digital Cinema Media’s CEO. Her impressive media career spans 25 years including senior positions at Bauer Media UK and Channel 4 before turning her attention to the big screen where she has overseen cinema’s transformation in the modern media mix, elevating the medium to an essential must-have on all AV schedules. She has also redefined how cinema is measured and traded by changing the currency of cinema buying for the entire industry from box office numbers to a robust new jargon free TVR buying measurement that is easy to navigate and completely relevant and reassuringly familiar to media buyers and planners.

Karen’s #startwithcinema strategy is a guiding industry leading principle for optimal cinema advertising to launch new products campaigns and messages and has led to recognition across the media landscape. Her accolades include: Grand Prix Media Leader of the Year - Media Leader Awards 2023, CEO Of The Year - Female Frontiers Awards 2023, Top 50 Women in Global Cinema 2023, 2022, 2021 - Celluloid Junkie, Media Leader of the Year - MediaWeek Awards 2022, Top 10 Commercial Chiefs 2022 - Campaign Magazine. Karen has also been honoured as one of Ad Age’s Women to Watch In Europe.