Steve Ord is moving from the public to the private sector. At the end of this month, Ord will vacate his post as manager of business affairs for the Toronto office of Telefilm Canada to step into the newly created position of director corporate affairs at Atlantis Films.

In his new job, Ord will handle business affairs for all projects executive produced by Atlantis president and ceo Michael MacMillan and vice-president and partner Peter Sussman.

"It's very impressive how the company is making an impact in the u.s.," says Ord.

Prior to joining Telefilm in 1989, Ord worked as a research consultant for Paul Audley and Associates. KM