OTTAWA – The Government of Canada announced Thursday it has appointed Sandra Mason and Bill Tam as part-time directors of CBC/Radio-Canada’s board of directors. Each will serve a five-year term.
Mason, from Toronto, is a CPA and former board director and audit committee chair at The Canadian Press, was also board chair and treasurer at Canadian Women in Communications and Technology and was also chief financial officer at The Globe and Mail from 2008 to 2015.
Tam is described in the government’s release as a lifelong entrepreneur and has been actively involved with technology and start-ups as a founder, executive, investor, advisor and board member for the past 20 years. He launched the BC Tech Innovation Hub, and led the creation of The Cube, an accelerator focused on emerging start-ups in augmented, mixed and virtual reality. He serves on the board of governors at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design as well as the innovation committee of the Rideau Hall Foundation. He is from Vancouver.
“These appointments were guided by the work of the independent advisory committee on appointments to the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors, established in 2017,” reads the press release.
“Today, I am very pleased to announce the appointments of Sandra Mason and Bill Tam as part-time directors… positions previously occupied by Edward Boyd and Harley Finkelstein. These new appointments are a direct result of a rigorous approach that supports an open, transparent, and merit-based selection process,” said Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault in a press release.
The CBC/Radio-Canada board is composed of 12 directors, including a chair as well as the broadcaster’s president and CEO.
