OTTAWA, April 26, 2010 - The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today announced the appointment of Edward W. Boyd to the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio-Canada.
"I am pleased to welcome Mr. Boyd to the Board of Directors," said Minister Moore. "His entrepreneurial and leadership skills, as well as his vast experience in new media and marketing, will undoubtedly be an asset to CBC/Radio-Canada."
Since 2006, Mr. Boyd has been Chief Executive Officer of 58ninety Inc., a Toronto-based agency that provides digital marketing solutions to clients such as Unilever, Molson Canada, and Expedia. Before joining this company, he worked as Principal at Counterpart dsr, an agency specialized in maximizing the use of Internet and direct marketing. Prior to that, he served as President and General Manager of Iceberg Media.com, a pioneering Canadian Internet broadcaster and provider of custom streamed music solutions. He has also occupied various positions in the new media and marketing industries, including President at Indigo Online--one of North America's largest retailers of books and music--and Senior Vice-President at Young & Rubicam, a firm specialized in direct marketing and advertising.
Mr. Boyd is also actively involved in volunteer and community work. Over the past decade, he has sat on the boards of a number of organizations, including the Audit Bureau of Circulation Canada, the National Advertising Benevolent Society, the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada, and the Children's Aid Foundation. He also participated on judging panels for the Media Innovation Awards and for the Top 30 Marketers Under 30.
Mr. Boyd holds a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English from the University of Toronto.
CBC/Radio-Canada is the country's largest cultural institution and the only broadcaster that provides radio, television, Internet, and satellite-based services in both English and French across Canada and in eight Aboriginal languages across the North. For more information, visit CBC/Radio-Canada's website at www.cbc.radio-canada.ca.
For more information (media only), please contact:
Matthew Deacon
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
819-997-7788
matthew.deacon@pch.gc.ca
