Canadian Heritage has announced the appointment of Marc Beaudet to the board of directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as the re-appointment of Marie Wilson and Guillaume Aniorté, all for five-year terms expiring May 23, 2029.
Beaudet is being appointed in place of François R. Roy, whose term expired recently.
Currently senior vice president of studio operations at Montreal-based Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), Beaudet is the former co-founder and CEO of digital platform developer Turbulent, which was acquired by CIG in July 2023.
Beaudet was one of nine appointees to an independent advisory committee created in June 2017 to recommend qualified candidates for the CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors. Beaudet served in that role until March 2018, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Based in Yellowknife, Wilson was first appointed to CBC’s board of directors in December 2017. She currently works as a consultant in the field of reconciliation. She was one of three commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada from 2009 to 2015. Prior to her work in reconciliation, Wilson spent more than 20 years at CBC/Radio-Canada as an award-winning journalist and broadcaster in northern Canada and in Quebec.
Based in Montreal, Aniorté was originally appointed to CBC’s board of directors in April 2018. He currently works as a strategic advisor to executives and organizations in the digital and creative industries. For more than 20 years, he has held various executive and strategic management positions with innovative, new media and creative companies.
Photos of (l-r) Marc Beaudet, Marie Wilson and Guillaume Aniorté borrowed from Canadian Heritage’s LinkedIn post regarding Beaudet’s appointment and from CBC’s website, respectively
