Kasia Kieli
One of the most experienced and recognized leaders in the media
industry. As President & Managing Director of Warner Bros.
Discovery in Poland and CEO of TVN Kasia Kieli leads the
expansion and growth of Warner Bros. Discovery channels and
streaming platforms in Poland. The group has a leading position
in the media market in Poland – its daily viewership regularly
reaches almost 17 million, and its channels attract an audience
of over 30 million people a month. The Group's channels are
leaders in their individual thematic categories: entertainment,
news, sports, lifestyle and others.
From 2017 to 2022, as President and Managing Director of
Discovery EMEA, Kasia Kieli headed up the company’s business in
140 markets. She was responsible for the implementation of the
global strategy of dynamic development of the company and
managed a portfolio of 50 channel brands as well as a suite of
direct-to-consumer products and services in the region. Kieli
has successfully led many mergers and acquisitions – in 2018,
she spearheaded the integration with Scripps Networks
Interactive in Europe including taking over direct leadership
over TVN, #1 broadcaster in Poland, and thus creating single
biggest international market for Discovery. She also
successfully oversaw the integration and acquisition of
Eurosport in 2015. Kasia Kieli joined Discovery and founded the
Polish office in 2000. Her team, composed of two members at the
time, today consists of over 4,200 people and Warsaw has grown
into one of the most important Warner Bros. Discovery locations
in Europe and in the world.
Kieli is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at
Harvard Business School. She also has an MBA and degree from the
University of Calgary and an American History degree from the
University of Notre Dame, Indiana (U.S.) where she lectured for
some time. She was included in the prestigious Forbes Women's
“50 Over 50” ranking in 2022 and listed amongst “100 Women of
the Year” in 2020.