Semafor

Founding executive and Global Head of Communications, where she launched the company across multiple continents, built a global opinion-leader audience, and served as Head of Live Journalism.

Condé Nast

First Global Senior Vice President of Communications, overseeing strategy for more than 20 brands including Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, and WIRED across 30 markets in APAC, Latin America, China, and Russia. Led communications during the company’s largest international business transformation and through major geopolitical moments, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

VICE Media Group

Vice President of Communications, overseeing corporate and brand communications across news, digital publishing, creative, studio, and television divisions. Led the global launch and expansion of VICE News, major platform partnerships with HBO, Hulu, Showtime, A+E Networks, and Spotify, and the 2015 advocacy campaign that secured the release of three VICE News journalists detained in Turkey.

Early Career

Pattni began her career as a journalist at the BBC, covering major global events including the Arab Spring and UK elections. She later worked as a producer at Global Media & Entertainment before leading media relations at Amnesty International, covering sub-Saharan Africa and working on arms and military, corporate responsibility, and youth and education issues.