Pat Ferns will step down as president and CEO of the Banff Television Foundation to assume a ‘more creative role’ in the organization. Sources say Ferns will still be involved at this year’s Banff Television Festival (June 13-17), which celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer. His new title and the name of his successor were not yet announced by press time.

Ferns joined the Banff TV Foundation in 1995 and was instrumental in improvements to the business side of the organization.

Ferns has won many awards throughout his career, including the first Chetwynd Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement, which he shared with Richard Nielsen, and in 1990, he won the CFTPA’s Personal Achievement Award.

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