# Lisa de Wilde
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'''Lisa de Wilde''' (born 1956) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) film and [television](/source/television) [executive](/source/Senior_management), was the [CEO](/source/Chief_Executive_Officer) of [TVOntario](/source/TVOntario) from 2005 to 2019. She retired on October 30, 2019.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2019/10/01/tvo-chief-executive-lisa-de-wilde-is-calling-it-quits.html|title=TVO chief executive Lisa de Wilde is calling it quits|first=Robert|last=Benzie|date=October 1, 2019|via=Toronto Star}}]
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.[{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/careers-leadership/steering-a-public-broadcaster-through-turbulenttimes/article29645057/ | title= Steering a public broadcaster through turbulent times | newspaper= The Globe and Mail | last= Bradshaw | first= James | date= April 15, 2016 | access-date= January 20, 2017}}]
She is a graduate of [McGill University](/source/McGill_University) and is a member of the [Law Society of Upper Canada](/source/Law_Society_of_Upper_Canada). She sits on the executive committee of the [Commonwealth Broadcasting Association](/source/Commonwealth_Broadcasting_Association).
She was named a [Member of the Order of Canada](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_Canada) in 2015.[[http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/1296405-four-nova-scotians-among-order-of-canada-honourees "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees"]. ''[The Chronicle-Herald](/source/The_Chronicle-Herald)'', 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.