CBC executive Kirstine Stewart leaving public broadcaster for job at Twitter

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OTTAWA – CBC executive Kirstine Stewart is leaving the public broadcaster for Twitter Canada.

The CBC says the English services boss has accepted a position with the San Francisco-based social media company and is leaving CBC/Radio-Canada immediately.

And in a tweet on Monday, Twitter’s recently established Canadian division said Stewart will be its new managing director of Canada.

Stewart has been at the public broadcaster for seven years.

The CBC says a recruitment process to find a replacement for the role of executive vice-president of English services will be launched immediately.

In the meantime, Stewart’s responsibilities will be taken up on an interim basis by Neil McEneaney, the general manager of finance and strategy.

Stewart says she’s had some of the happiest moments of her life at the CBC and has been “honoured to represent such an important name to Canadians.”

“I’m proud of what we’ve done together these past seven years,” she said in a statement issued Monday.

“I will miss the CBC family dearly, but I know that even when one leaves the CBC, the CBC never really leaves you. It’s in my DNA and I’m all the better for it.”

CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix praised Stewart for helping establish the CBC as a “modern public broadcaster” and putting it “in a place of strength.”

“For me, the achievement that stands out most in her seven years with CBC/Radio-Canada is the programming team we now have in place at CBC Television and the schedule they have managed to put on air, despite some tough financial times,” said Lacroix.

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