Catherine Tait

Chief Executive Officer
Catherine Tait
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CBC/Radio-Canada

Catherine Tait is the President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada's national public broadcaster. She is also the Chair of the Global Task Force for Public Media.

As President and CEO, Catherine oversees the management of CBC/Radio-Canada to ensure it can deliver on its mandate and continue to offer Canadians a broad spectrum of high-quality programming that informs, enlightens and entertains, and that is created by, for and about Canadians.

Prior to her appointment, Catherine co-founded New York-based Duopoly Inc, an independent film, television and digital content company, which she led as President from 2002 to 2018. She also co-founded iThentic, a digital content company, in 2006 and Hollywood Suite, a broadcasting company, in 2010. Catherine was also previously the President and Chief Operating Officer of Salter Street Films from 1997 to 2001. 

She has been a member of a number of industry-specific boards including Comweb Group, DHX Media LTD, Hollywood Suite, iThentic Inc, eOne Entertainment, CHUM Ltd, Aliant Inc, Rogers Mobile Film Fund and the Canadian Film and Television Production Association.