Newsroom Transformation

Lisa has over 25 years of experience in print-to-digital transformation, most notably at the Financial Times where she led newsroom operations, was an Assistant Editor and Managing Editor, Associate Editor and Head of Operations for FT.com. She led group-wide digital transformation projects at both of South Africa’s biggest publishers, Tiso Blackstar (now Arena Holdings) and Naspers’s 24.com.

Lisa is a former Vice President of the World Association of News Publishers, advisor and coach with Women in News, a board member of the World Editors Forum, Leader in Residence at the University of Lancashire and a mentor with the Journalism Innovation Leaders faculty.

Rumyana has a background in strategy and management consulting at KPMG, where she worked with clients in the consumer goods sector on pricing, financial transformation and operational model projects. She is proudly international - she’s a Bulgarian who studied German and Management at the University of Bath with a year in Frankfurt.

Rumyana is passionate about female mentorship, especially of women from disadvantaged backgrounds and refugees.

Ben is a Manager at FT Strategies with extensive experience working with global publishers. He previously worked on the Audience Diversity Academy to help six EMEA publishers diversify their audience and build engagement among target segments. Prior to joining FT Strategies, Ben was an independent newsroom and content strategy consultant. He has ten years of experience in newsroom transformation and audience development from his time working at The Guardian and The Times.

Lamberto is a Senior Insights Consultant, co-leading on original research and supporting the building of media and subscriptions expertise. He has worked with publishers across EMEA and done extensive research on how newsroom can tranform in the digital era to meet evolving audience content and product preferences. Prior to joining, Lamberto worked as a Research Analyst at Enders Analysis, a media research firm, writing about the transformation of the publishing industry towards reader-revenue models. He holds a Msc in Media and Communications Governance from The LSE.