Canada Deposit Insurance Corp. Thursday announced the appointment of George Burger to its board of directors.

Burger, of Toronto, is a senior media and broadcasting industry executive. He was most recently president and CEO of The Fight Network. Previously, he was executive vice president of Alliance Communications Corp. Prior to joining Alliance in 1994, Burger was a senior partner with the corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions group at the national law firm Heenan Blaikie.

CDIC is a federal Crown corporation established in 1967 to provide deposit insurance against the loss, in whole or in part, of deposits with member institutions in the event of their failure. Member institutions include banks, trust companies and loan companies.

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