Claude is currently the Vice President of Interactive at Astral Media. He was previously the Senior Vice President, Digital Media, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. Claude was responsible for new media business strategy, programming and operations for all Alliance Atlantisproperties.

Claude previously was Executive Director, Digital Programming and Business Development, at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. His background includes working for Alliance Atlantis Communications, as Vice-President, Broadcasting, and heading business development at Salter Street Films.

Claude has also worked as a senior adviser to the Government of Ontario’s Cabinet Office, Premier’s Office and Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs; a senior advisor and lobbyist at the World Association of Newspapers based in Paris; an independent media consultant; and, from 1990-1991, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Administration at the University of Ottawa.

Claude has a PhD from the University of Toronto, an MA from Queen’s University and a BA from Bishop’s University. He is the author of Isaiah Berlin’s Liberalism (Oxford, 1994), as well as numerous articles on political theory and Canadian politics and public policy.