Marie-Philippe Bouchard named next president, CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada | Canada Voices

Marie-Philippe Bouchard, a veteran Canadian broadcaster, will be the next president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada.

On Tuesday morning, Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced that Ms. Bouchard will begin a five-year term at the head of Canada’s public broadcaster on Jan. 3, 2025

“Marie-Philippe Bouchard is a talented, strong public broadcasting leader with a proven record of transformation,” Ms. St-Onge said in a statement.

Since 2016, Ms. Bouchard has been president and CEO of TV5 Québec Canada – a non-profit broadcasting organization that focuses on francophone content from across Canada and the international French-speaking countries.

Prior to that, the lawyer by training served at CBC/Radio-Canada in a variety of management and senior executive positions from legal services to strategic planning and regulatory affairs. She will be the first Francophone woman to head the public broadcaster.

Recently, Ms. Bouchard sat on a panel of seven experts who advised the Heritage Minister on the modernization of the mandate of the CBC. The results of that review have not yet been made public.

Catherine Tait, the CBC’s outgoing CEO, appeared at a hearing of the Commons heritage committee this week, where she resisted calls from Conservatives to reject a financial exit package that include bonuses when she leaves.

The public broadcaster has come under fire for the decision to pay $18.4-million in bonuses to 1,194 employees for the 2023-2024 fiscal year amid job cuts.

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