Dee Forbes

President and Managing Director
Discovery Networks
Western Europe

Dee Forbes is the President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Western Europe. Headquartered in London, Forbes manages 17 factual and entertainment brands. Discovery's footprint reaches 331 million cumulative subscribers in 30 countries and territories across Europe including the UK, Italy, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands.

Forbes was previously at Turner Broadcasting, part of Time Warner, where she ran Turner's business in the UK and Ireland which consisted of seven entertainment channels including Cartoon Network, Boomerang and TCM. She spent several years working at Turner in a variety of commercial roles including General Manager for the Nordic/Central and Eastern Europe and EMA regions and head of Advertising Sales for Europe.

Prior to joining Turner, Forbes was an Account Director at Media Audits, a media consultancy and began her career at Young and Rubicam Media in Europe.

Forbes is chair of the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA) in the UK.  She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and history from University College, Dublin.