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Nationality | Canadian |
Slawko Klymkiw is a Canadian philanthropist who has been the long-running CEO of the Canadian Film Centre. [1] [2] Klymkiw was an executive at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in 2005, when he became CED of the CFC. [3]
Klymkiw joined the CBC in 1980, rising to assume the executive directorship of network programming in 1996. [4] [5]
Klymkiw is also an ex-officio member of the Toronto International Film Festival's Board of Directors. [6]
Since 2005 the former CBC-TV exec has shaped the strategic vision of the center's initiatives, led the charge to grow its annual budget from $7 million to $13 million (60% from private investors), overseen several program launches and stoked the board of directors with industry and finance leaders keen to chime in.
Klymkiw began his CBC career in 1980 in Winnipeg where he produced award-winning supper-hour news shows there and in Toronto before joining CBC Newsworld in its early years.
Slawko Klymkiw | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Slawko Klymkiw is a Canadian philanthropist who has been the long-running CEO of the Canadian Film Centre. [1] [2] Klymkiw was an executive at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in 2005, when he became CED of the CFC. [3]
Klymkiw joined the CBC in 1980, rising to assume the executive directorship of network programming in 1996. [4] [5]
Klymkiw is also an ex-officio member of the Toronto International Film Festival's Board of Directors. [6]
Since 2005 the former CBC-TV exec has shaped the strategic vision of the center's initiatives, led the charge to grow its annual budget from $7 million to $13 million (60% from private investors), overseen several program launches and stoked the board of directors with industry and finance leaders keen to chime in.
Klymkiw began his CBC career in 1980 in Winnipeg where he produced award-winning supper-hour news shows there and in Toronto before joining CBC Newsworld in its early years.