MONTREAL – Randy Lennox has been promoted to president of Bell Media after Mary Ann Turcke left the company Monday for a new role in the U.S. with the National Football League as president, Digital Media and NFL Network.
Some 18 months after being hired by Turcke, Lennox (pictured) now leads all strategy and operations for Bell Media, including conventional, pay and specialty TV, radio, digital media, out-of-home advertising and special projects. He reports to Wade Oosterman, group president of Bell and BCE, who oversees Bell Media, Bell Mobility, and Bell Residential and Small Business, and also serves as Bell's Chief Brand Officer.
(Oosterman will also sub-in for Turcke today. She was scheduled to make a speech Tuesday to the Economic Club of Canada, but Oosterman will take the podium instead.)
“Randy Lennox is a seasoned entertainment executive renowned for his commitment to the growth and success of Canada's media community. I am delighted that Randy will be taking the country's #1 multimedia company forward as the new President of Bell Media," said George Cope, BCE Inc. and Bell Canada president and CEO, in a statement Monday. "On behalf of our team, I thank Mary Ann Turcke for her outstanding accomplishments at Bell Media and Bell Canada over the last 12 years, and wish her the very best in an exciting new role with the NFL."
Turcke was named the NFL’s president, digital media and NFL Network, based in Los Angeles. After first joining Bell Canada in 2005 as vice-president of the company's small business group, she took over as executive VP, field operations, and was promoted to president of Bell Media in April 2015 from a prior role as president of media sales.
