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 2012.

  • Jeremy Butteriss

Jeremy Butteriss currently serves as Director, Media 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 Canada’s first TV Anywhere service. Jeremy has also worked for The Boston Consulting Group, and has helped launch 2 Internet ventures.

  • 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).

  • Véronique Marino

Véronique Marino is a development and strategy consultant for digital platforms.  Since 2004 she has served as Director of the Interactive Media Program at INIS and in 2009 she established her consulting company, Espace Infusion, which specializes in transmedia activities.  From 1996 to 1999 she was development and operations associate for Groupe Vidéotron for their portal InfiniT.com and for the first website for the broadcaster TVA.  From 1999 to 2001 she continued her career at Nomino Technologies heading their language recognition database.  Her qualities as a manager and her understanding of innovation let her to Nurun where she undertook the development of several projects with the Groupe Québecor.   She presents workshops and participates in conferences across Canada and France.  She was selected by Quebec’s  Femmes du Cinéma, de la Télévision et des Nouveaux Médias as 2012 Digital Media Personality of the Year.