Lisa de Wilde (born 1956) is a

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film and

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, was the

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from 2005 to 2019. She retired on October 30, 2019. De Wilde previously worked at the CRTC for seven years before moving into the private sector and eventually rose to the rank of president and CEO of Astral Television Networks Inc. She is a graduate of

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and is a member of the

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. She sits on the executive committee of the

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. She was named a

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in 2015."Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees"
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'', July 1, 2015. De Wilde hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to Montreal, Quebec at age 10 and proceeded to move to many different cities, across three provinces where she attended five different high schools.

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