Board of Directors

  • Charles Ohayon

  • President

Charles Ohayon has worked in television, advertising and film since 1979.  He produced commercials at Films 24 and feature films and TV series at Cléo 24 where he was President.  From 1994 to 1998 he was the Director General of Programming (Television) for the Société Radio-Canada.  He was a member of the Board of Directors of the APFTQ and the CTF as well as the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.  In 2005, he took a one year mandate as General Manager to reorganize the operations of l’Institut national de l’image et du son. He was President of the board of directors of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television- Quebec section from 2006 to December 2012. He also acts as a consultant in the industry since 2006.

  • Jeremy Butteriss

Jeremy Butteriss currently serves as Director, Strategic Partnerships, Google Canada. Jeremy joined Google Canada with 15 years of experience in media, e-commerce, strategic partnerships, venture development and mergers & acquisitions. Previously, he led the Broadband Entertainment division at Rogers Communications, where he developed digital media strategies for Rogers entertainment offerings and launched & managed Rogers On Demand Online. Jeremy has also worked for The Boston Consulting Group, and has helped launch 2 Internet ventures, NRX and Skulogix.

  • Heather McGillivray

Heather McGillivray began her career in the television industry in 1972 working on documentaries at the CTV Network. After obtaining her law degree she returned to television with Ironstar Communications, a production and distribution company which she and her husband owned. She was Executive Director of the Children’s Broadcast Institute from 1987 to 1988. From 1991 to 1995 she was Vice President Programming at the Family Channel. She has served on the Boards of Directors of the Alliance for Children and Television (today known as Youth Media Alliance) and of the St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto.

  • Steve Ord

Steve Ord is an independent media consultant with more than 20 years of media experience. He held the position of Executive Vice President, Alliance Atlantis Communications, where he was responsible for business and operational aspects of AAC’s international television distribution division and content business. Prior to joining AA, he was Manager of Business Affairs at Telefilm Canada. He previously worked in policy consulting with Paul Audley & Associates. He is also a part-time graduate level instructor at the Schulich School of Business (York University).

  • Denise Robert

President of Cinémaginaire Inc., Denise Robert has produced many internationally acclaimed feature films including Denys Arcand’s The Barbarian Invasions, winner of an Oscar and 45 international awards.  Among her recent productions are Le sens de l’humour,  the latest film from Emile Gaudreault, Surviving Progress,  a documentary from Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks,  Cédric Kahn’s Une vie meilleure, Route 132 from Louis Bélanger, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s Oscar et la dame rose  and De Père en flic,  the all-time highest grossing French-language film at the Canadian and Quebec box office.  Denise Robert is a member of the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.