Lise Kay, Chief Marketing Officer, AirTrunk

Lise Kay is Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at AirTrunk, Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ)’s leading hyperscale data centre provider, enabling the growth of cloud in the region. Lise is responsible for AirTrunk’s brand, marketing, communications, customer success, customer experience and social impact.

A vital part of the business since 2017, Lise has been a key contributor to AirTrunk’s exponential growth and success. She is the driving force behind one of the data economy’s most recognisable brands, establishing AirTrunk’s reputation as a global leader in hyperscale data centres, innovation, and sustainability.

In addition to her CMO responsibilities, Lise has led a number of strategic projects for the company including establishing AirTrunk’s inaugural social impact program, championing its sustainability leadership project and co-leading its customer steering committee.

Lise has received global recognition as a leading and influential data centre marketer, delivering change and advancing the data centre, cloud and edge computing markets. Accolades include being named in the 2023 Data Centre Magazine Top 10 data centre marketing executives list, and the 2020 Data Economy #CMO50 list.

Lise joined AirTrunk from Fairfax Media (now Nine Entertainment Co.) where she was Director of Trade Marketing, for leading media brands including The Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. In 2016, Lise led her team to win Marketing Team of the Year at the PANPA Advertising and Marketing Awards.

She holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing & International Management) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

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