Lisa Rousseau

Lisa joined Amazon in March 2021 as Head of Freevee UK, Amazon’s ad funded premium video streaming service, with responsibility for launching Freevee in the UK in September 2021, and leading Freevee’s business and marketing functions. With the launch of Prime Video Advertising in Europe in early 2024, her role has expanded to include leading the Prime Video go to market planning, business strategy and operations, and product packaging strategy in support of advertising on the service across Europe.

Prior to joining Amazon, Lisa spent seven years at Google. As Head of TV and Film EMEA at YouTube and Google Play, she was responsible for building content partnerships across the region to drive the transactional (TVOD) movies and TV business, launched Google Play Movies & TV across 15 markets, and led the film/TV partnership strategy for YouTube EMEA. She also led YouTube business and partnerships across Northern Europe and Sub Saharan Africa.

Lisa was previously at the BBC and BBC Studios in a number of commercial and digital business development roles. She is passionate about supporting career opportunities for women, and has been a trustee of the Young Women’s Trust charity in the UK for the last 5 years.