Women in Towers: Leah Stearns, CEO EMEA, American Tower

TowerXchange: Tell us about how you got into telecoms infrastructure

I joined American Tower’s Corporate Finance team over 16 years ago. Shortly after I joined there was a realignment of priorities to focus solely on our core tower leasing business. At the time, the U.S. telecom industry was in a state of significant change and I found it fascinating to work for a business which was going through such a material transformation.

TowerXchange: Can you walk us through your career in towers to date?

I spent my first years working in tax, financial planning and analysis, primarily supporting American Tower’s operational teams as well as in investor relations, working with our institutional investor base.