Susan Wheeler is Vice-President, Distribution and Regulatory for Rogers’ Media division and has worked in Canadian broadcasting for over 20 years. Susan’s experience and expertise in broadcast regulation combined with her strong legal and business background ensures an informed perspective on issues of cultural policy and content financing and monetization across both the audio and audio-visual sectors.
Susan has held a number of Director and Executive Board member positions in the cultural sector including the Director and Chair of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB), the Canadian Broadcasters Rights Agency (CBRA) a copyright collective for private broadcasters, and music funding agency the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR). Most recently, she has joined the Boards of the Rogers Group of Funds and the Polaris Music Prize where she is delighted to have the opportunity to support Canadian and Indigenous film and television creators and music artists.