Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen

Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen, is CEO of Novo Cinemas, and she has been crowned ‘Female CEO of the Year 2019' Award for Technology and Innovation at SMB Summit & Awards event, Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai.
Under Stanford-Kristansen guidance, Novo Cinemas has further expansion in the whole GCC and recently Novo Cinemas enter the newly opened Saudi Arabia cinema market.
Education and Career
Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen is having 25 years of experience in the entertainment, events and hospitality industries. Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen hails from Brighton in Sussex, England.

Debbie joined Novo Cinemas in 2013. Earlier she was in Bahrain, where she helped establish the Bahrain Exhibition & Convention Authority. She was in leading roles in the previous organization.
* Vice President - Middle East and Asia - PennWell
* CEO - Events At Bahrain
* Deputy Chief Executive - Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority
* Interim CEO- Bahrain Exhibition & Convention Authority
Awards and Recognition
* CEO of the Year 2019 - Middle East
* CEO of the Year 2018 - Middle East
* UAE Woman of Substance Top 30 Most Influential Women in the Arab World 2019
* 5 of Top 50 Women in Global Cinema 2019
* 12 Women of Substance 2018 by Khaleej Times
Novo Cinemas
Novo Cinemas, which has 118 screens across 11 locations in the UAE Qatar, Omanand Bahrain, is one of the main cinemas in Gulf region.

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