Paul Atkinson has stepped up to the chairman spot at the Toronto International Film Festival Group, taking over for Allen Karp following a shuffle at the board of directors announced on Thursday.

Atkinson, CEO of the digital media shop Casero, has been on the TIFFG board since 2004 and is also its campaign co-chair.

He will sit on the 24-member board alongside four new directors — filmmaker Deepa Mehta, Bell Canada executive William J. Fox, UCS Forest Group CEO Warren Spitz and Constance Sugiyama, senior partner at the law firm of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.

Karp served as chairman for eight years, and will remain as a board member.

‘We thank Allen Karp for the eight years he served as chair, for the tremendous leadership he has brought to our organization,’ said TIFFG director and CEO Piers Handling in a statement.