Karen Stacey is a visionary leader in media and a powerful advocate for equity and inclusion. As CEO at Digital Cinema Media, she has spent more than a decade transforming cinema’s role in the modern media mix, driving innovation, inclusive culture and record growth while championing diverse voices and purpose-driven storytelling.

Karen is also co-founder of Empower, bringing her passion for equitable leadership, empathy and systemic change to the heart of a movement that seeks to celebrate, amplify and connect leaders who are reshaping how inclusion works in practice. Her work bridges business, advocacy and community, proving that true empowerment starts with making space for every voice to be heard.

In this very first episode of the Empower Podcast, Kate turns the tables on co-host Louise to delve into her and Karen's early ambitions for Empower, why they chose to set it up and how it's already enabling change.