Lindsay Rowntree

Chief Operating Officer
Lindsay Rowntree joined ExchangeWire in 2016 as Head of Content, and after growing the team to include three full-time editorial staff, became Director of Operations in 2021. Her role includes managing the day-to-day operations of ExchangeWire's business functions, as well as the content and marketing teams, across ExchangeWire's suite of products, including its global conference series, ATS. Lindsay also features on stage at ATS events, as well as in ExchangeWire's audiovisual products, including The MadTech Podcast and TraderTalkTV. She previously held the role of director of search, UK at Starcom MediaVest Group, where she spent six years, providing her with extensive experience in digital advertising, performance marketing, data, technology, client servicing and media planning/buying.Articles by Lindsay
We Have Failed to Inspire Creatives: Q&A with Caspar Schlickum, CEO, Xaxis EMEA
Ahead of the 2016 Cannes Festival of Creativity, ExchangeWire caught up with Caspar Schlickum (pictured below), CEO, Xaxis EMEA about the importance of creativity and its convergence with data and technology. ExchangeWire: With the annual Cannes Lions festival coming up, what [...]
Why Brands Should Reconsider Before Choosing Mobile In-App Marketing
In-app advertising is big business and the proliferation of apps, mobile consumption, and targeting opportunities mean it’s a continually growing market. However, there are some schools of thought that if marketers really want to engage with their consumers, mobile web [...]
Unlocking the Value of Location, Location, Location
The tide is turning for location-enabled advertising. Talked of for years, many have acknowledged its promise. But only now, with widespread smartphone uptake and latest developments in location-enabled advertising technology, can brand owners take full advantage of this and realise [...]
Leave the LUMAscape to the Investment Community for Which It Was Designed
In our latest column from the IAB’s Display Trading Council, Danny Hopwood, VP solutions & platform operations EMEA, Publicis Media, shares with ExchangeWire a common frustration among the conference-going crowd, where an outsider’s attempts to simplify our industry solely leads [...]
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Measuring Ad Annoyance: How Our Perceptual System Processes Ads
Ad annoyance is cited as a primary reason for the widespread use of ad blockers. Often, the very characteristics that make ads more noticeable also make them more annoying. In this feature, ExchangeWire speak with Paolo Gaudiano (pictured below), chief [...]
The Twitter Recommendations Tab: A Stark Reminder of the Importance of Personalisation
Social media platforms often introduce changes designed to improve user experience and, of course, monetisation. Change is the only constant. But what is the wider impact of this constant change on marketer digital strategies? Hannah Kimuyu, head of social media, Greenlight, talks to [...]
Ads Overtook Content: The Real Culprit of Ad Blocking Adoption
The term 'ad blocking' may have become white noise to some, but to others, its a conundrum that must be solved. What if the real culprit of ad blocking adoption wasn't the ad format itself, but something much less obvious? [...]
Programmatic, a Buying Mechanism, Not a Media Channel: Duane Thompson, Head of Programmatic, Total Media
The growing importance of programmatic as an effective route to delivering audience-led strategies across all media leads to a need for the right infrastructure. Following his recent appointment as head of programmatic at Total Media, ExchangeWire speak exclusively with Duane [...]
The Elusive Art of Gaming Monetisation
Gaming monetisation is considered by some as a dirty practice; but, with the gaming category accounting for the highest share (23%) of the billions of downloaded apps, the fact can't be ignored that gaming is a powerful business, with extremely [...]
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