Thomas F. (“Tom”) Lesinski is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National CineMedia, Inc. (NCMI). He also serves on the board of NCMI. as a Director.
A highly accomplished executive with a career bridging the entertainment, digital media, sales, marketing and advertising industries, Lesinski was appointed to the role of CEO in 2019 after serving as both an Independent Director (2014) and Chairman of the Board (2018) of NCMI Since, 2015, he had also served as CEO of Sonar Entertainment, a leading TV production company, after serving as a Sonar Board Director since 2013.
His extensive 25-year Hollywood career also includes prior leadership roles as CEO of Sonar Entertainment, a leading TV production company, after serving as a Sonar Board Director since 2013. His extensive 25-year Hollywood career also includes prior leadership roles as CEO and founder of Energi Entertainment, President of Digital Content & Distribution with Legendary Entertainment, President of Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment and President of Worldwide Home Entertainment for Paramount, and both Executive Vice President and General Manager of Home Entertainment and Executive Vice President, Worldwide Marketing & Development at Warner Bros. He began his career in advertising, working at industry leaders BBDO, Foote, Cone & Belding, and Clairol Inc.
He holds bachelor’s degree in Journalism and master’s degree in Advertising from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Mr. Lane has extensive experience serving as an advisor to companies in turnarounds and special situations and investing in media companies.
Mr. Lane is the founder of Delancey Cove LLC, a consulting firm, where he has been an advisor, board member and interim manager for companies undergoing turnarounds and restructurings since 2017. Mr. Lane has also served as a director for a number of public and private companies since 2019, including as a non-executive director of Card Factory, PLC since 2020.
Prior to Delancey Cove, Mr. Lane was an investment professional with BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC, a hedge fund, from 2015 to 2017, and a Principal at Apax Partners, L.P., a global private equity advisory firm, from 2006 to 2015 where he focused on investments in the consumer, retail and media industries.
Mr. Lane holds a B.A. from Colgate University, an M.A. from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.