CEO Talk - Colette Watson

The Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Business Journal are excited to host the first CEO Talk of 2023 on Monday, March 20 at the National Arts Centre! Ever want to peek inside the mind of a CEO? The CEO Talk series sees local business leaders share their personal success stories, challenges, business fundamentals, and more! Join us for an engaging fireside chat with Colette Watson, President of Rogers Sports & Media, a delicious lunch, and meaningful networking with Ottawa's business community.

Agenda:
11:30 am - Registration and Networking
12:00 pm - Lunch and Opening Remarks
12:45 pm - Fireside chat with Colette Watson, moderated by Sueling Ching, President and CEO, Ottawa Board of Trade
1:10 pm - Q & A and Closing Remarks

Colette Watson, President, Rogers Sports & Media

Colette Watson was appointed President of Rogers Sports & Media in January 2022, responsible for the company?s $2 billion business and approximately 4,000 employees across Canada from a variety of sports and media properties, consisting of 23 conventional and specialty TV channels including Sportsnet, 29 local TV stations, 54 radio stations, 3 OTT services, 2 podcast networks, Today?s Shopping Choice, a multiplatform content studio, and data offerings.
 
A leader in Canada?s broadcast industry, Colette Watson has 30 years of experience across programming, regulatory, and communications including a variety of senior roles across Rogers Media, Regulatory and Cable divisions. Most recently, she set the strategic direction for non-sports conventional, specialty, and community television assets and oversaw programming, production, and operations, while innovating the viewer experience with compelling content across multiple platforms.

Colette is passionate about public affairs, policy and the future of objective journalism in today?s world. In addition to her role at Rogers, she was the President of CPAC, a not for profit, commercial free specialty television channel where she directed her efforts to ensuring that Canadians have access to unfiltered and unbiased coverage of politics, parliament and public affairs.

A highly respected industry leader, Colette is also a past recipient of the esteemed Trailblazer of the Year award by Canadian Women in Communications.

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