Kirstine Stewart

Award-winning technology and media leader with a reputation for turning around revenue performance and driving new market expansion on a global scale. An inspirational and transformational executive leading change, Kirstine has spent her career at the intersection of media, technology and digital transformation, core drivers of innovation and business growth. Recruited for her ability to turnaround underperforming assets into profitable businesses, often navigating complex and ambiguous environments, she has been the catalyst for improved operating efficiencies, revenue growth and globally market expansion, building highly engaged teams that over deliver. In empowering change, Kirstine was responsible for driving Twitter’s initial entry into Canada, pre-IPO, and was promoted to the corporate leadership in NYC as VP Media NA. As the head of the TV, radio and digital for the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), Kirstine pioneered the broadcaster’s foray into digital media, catapulting ratings while delivering $1.1 billion in total revenue. At Alliance Atlantis, a Canadian media company with a large portfolio of lifestyle channels, she delivered 20% growth year-over-year for four consecutive years, positioning the company as an M&A play in which it was sold for $2.3 billion. Recruited to lead international broadcast programming for the Hallmark Channel, encompassing 30 channels and 80 countries, she successfully increased the subscriber base while expanding into new markets, the business was acquired by Sparrowhawk Media for $240 million due to her efforts. In her last role, Kirstine headed the Future of Media, Entertainment and Sport for the World Economic Forum and was a member of the executive committee. She also serves as an advisor to the Forum’s Young Global Leaders initiative. Overseeing a portfolio that comprised 50 of the largest global media companies, she collaborated directly with the CEO’s and the C-suite to address key areas of concern including digital disruption, the value of media, protection and privacy of consumer data and the future of work, expanding membership from 20 plus corporations to 50 plus including Facebook, Google, Condé Nast, among others. Kirstine is the author of Our Turn, an award winning, best seller focused on leadership published by Penguin RandomHouse. Internationally recognized as an industry leader she has been named to the The Power 50: Canada's Most Powerful Business People by Canadian Business in 2016, Person of the Year by Playback Magazine for 2012, Woman of the Year by Canadian Women in Communications, Media Player of the Year by Marketing Magazine, Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award in 2007, among others. A sought-after board member and corporate advisor, she sits on the board of publicly traded Think Research Corporation (TSXV: Think.V) and is a member of the governance committee and the audit committee. Her 5-year term as a board advisor to PSP Investments (Quebec Pension Fund) expires in November 2023. She sits on the board of Rivalry, a global sports and gaming company; is the Chair of the Board of Blink49 Studio and a charter and board member of C-100, a collection of Top Canadian Technology and Business Leaders in the US. Her leadership extends into non-profit advocacy as well, serving as a member of the Founding Board for CILAR (Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism) and a board member for the Center for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH) Foundation. Appointed by the Government of Canada’s Order in Council, Kirstine serves on the board of Ingenium, a Crown Corporation Board in charge of overseeing Canada’s National Museum of Science, Tech, Space and Aviation. She is a Founding Member of Chief, the private network connecting professional women and Soho House. Transformative Global Media & Technology Executive Kirstine Stewart Turnaround Specialist Delivering Performance, Profitability and Global Expansion.