Kirstine Stewart was appointed to the role of Executive Vice-President of CBC’s English Services, CBC/Radio-Canada in January 2011. She left CBC/Radio-Canada as of April 29, 2013 and a recruitment process has been launched. In the meantime, Kirstine’s responsibilities have been taken up on an interim basis by Neil McEneaney, General Manager, English Services, Finance and Strategy.
Ms. Stewart was responsible for overseeing CBC’s English radio and audio, television and digital operations across the country. Her role has been to revolutionize the CBC as the modern public broadcaster, providing a new generation of programming and content to inform, educate and entertain.
Additionally, she was responsible for the development and implementation of Strategy 2015: Everyone, Every way for English Services, with the goal to develop broadband and mobile content strategies, and increase CBC’s presence with local service expansion announcements to better serve and connect Canadians across the country.