OTTAWA — Some personal and professional details about Catherine Tait, the newly appointed president and chief executive of CBC\/Radio-Canada.<\/p>\n
Age:<\/b> 60<\/p>\n
Education:<\/b> Attended the University of Toronto for her undergraduate studies, graduate studies at Boston University, and post-graduate studies at the University of Paris.<\/p>\n
Notable jobs:<\/b> Former president of Salter Street Films, which produced a CBC mainstay, “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”; founding partner of Hollywood Suite, the largest licensee of Canadian feature films.<\/p>\n
Government experience:<\/b> Worked at Telefilm Canada as a policy manager in the 1980s; was Canada’s cultural attache to France between 1989 and 1991.<\/p>\n
Current position:<\/b> President of Duopoly, a digital, television and film content production company. She takes over as president and CEO of CBC\/Radio-Canada in July.<\/p>\n
Fun fact:<\/b> Arts run in the family — her husband is a sculptor and her daughter is a photographer.<\/p>\n
No joke:<\/b> iThentic, a company she co-founded, created digital comedy content for the CBC and TheBeaverton.com.<\/p>\n
Quote:<\/b> “For me to be here as the first woman CEO of Radio-Canada is an incredible honour. My greatest aspiration is to make a meaningful contribution to ensure a robust future for one of Canada’s greatest and most important cultural institutions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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