AOL appoints Kate Burns as head of European Sales

AOL has appointed Kate Burns as head of its European Sales, responsible for expanding ad sales on AOL's owned and operated properties in Europe, scaling its Advertising.com third-party network, and delivering unmatched consumer insights. Burns was previously vice president and managing director, Europe, of AOL's social media company, Bebo.

Burns has more than a decade's experience launching and leading several businesses to success in Europe. Before joining Bebo in July 2008, Burns was managing director of Dailymotion UK, where she was responsible for growing its audience, building an advertising sales operation and creating commercial partnerships with brands and ad agencies.

Burns was also director, UK, Ireland and Benelux at Google, which she joined in 2001 as its first employee outside the US, and where she led Google to strong international success. She has also held key sales positions at Altavista and Doubleclick, as well as Ziff Davis and News International.

AOL has advertising operations in nine countries across Europe, including Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. AOL's advertising network had more than 173 million UVs in Europe in May, according to comScore Media Metrix making it the second largest ad network in Europe.