Hubert Lacroix
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Alma mater | Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf McGill University |
Occupation(s) | Former President & CEO of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Lawyer |
Hubert T. Lacroix (born July 13, 1955[1]) is a Canadian lawyer who last served as the President and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the national public radio and television broadcaster, from 2008 until 2018.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Lacroix attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf[1] before receiving a Bachelor of Law degree from the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1976. He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1977 and received a master of Business Administration from McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management in 1981.[2] He started practising law with the firm of O'Brien, Hall, Saunders in 1977.
A senior adviser with the law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP, he was Executive Chairman of Telemedia Corporation from 2000 to 2003. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Zarlink Semiconductors since 1992. He also sat on the Boards of Donohue Inc., Circo Craft Co. Inc., Adventure Electronics Inc. and Michelin Canada Inc.[2]
Lacroix is an associate professor with the Faculty of Law at
He was appointed president and CEO of the CBC, effective January 1, 2008, by Governor General Michaëlle Jean in November 2007 replacing Robert Rabinovitch.[1] Lacroix was re-appointed for a second term, on October 5, 2012.[3] He left the position in 2018 and was succeeded by Catherine Tait.
References
- ^ a b c d Bernard Perusse (November 6, 2007). "Ottawa Appoints Lacroix CBC President". National Post. p. A5.
- ^ a b "Board of Directors". Zarlink Semiconductors. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ "Hubert T. Lacroix reappointed for a second five-year term as President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada". radio-canada.ca. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-10-25.