heather conwayHeather Conway, former Edelman Canada CEO and EVP at broadcast and film distributor Alliance Atlantis Communications, is set to move to Canadian Broadcasting Corp. as EVP-English language services, a post spanning radio, TV and digital.

She recently served as chief business officer for the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Conway in December takes the post vacated by Kristine Stewart, now head of Twitter's Canadian operations.

In addition to leading Edelman Canada's three offices and 130 staffers, Conway held PR and public affairs posts at TD Bank, Hill+Knowlton and The Neville Group.

CBC is subsidized by the Canadian government but also sells advertising on TV.