Theresa Wise

CEO, RTS

Theresa Wise is Chief Executive of the Royal Television Society - Britain's leading forum for television and related media. Prior to this Theresa Wise founded T Wise Consulting Ltd which provided strategic advice to media, telecoms and technology clients (UK and internationally). Her clients included international cable operators, television (pay and FTA) and digital organisations as well as an English Premier League football club, Abu Dhabi Media and IBC. She published articles focused on areas such as connected television and social media valuations as well as being called on to comment on media and comms company deals and results by the BBC, Sky and CNBC. Previously, Theresa was at The Walt Disney Company where she was Senior Vice President Corporate Strategy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In this role, Theresa led TWDC's evaluation and execution of acquisition transactions in the EMEA region across all of The Walt Disney Company businesses. Theresa was also seconded to corporate HQ in LA where she worked on the annual five-year plan process for the whole company and presented to the main Board at Bob Iger's annual Board retreat. Theresa joined Disney from Accenture where she was Partner in the Media and Entertainment practice. Previously, Theresa served in strategy, marketing and sales roles for Deloitte Consulting, BT, British Aerospace Communications and British Satellite Broadcasting. Ms. Wise graduated from Oxford University and received her M.B.A. from London Business School.