Ever since Seamus O'Regan announced that he would be leaving "Canada AM," Canadians have wondered about who would fill that chair as co-host on CTV's popular morning show.

Today, the answer to that mystery was finally revealed.

CTV announced today that Marci Ien will be the new co-host of "Canada AM" and share those duties with Beverly Thomson.

Ien will assume her co-hosting duties on January 9, 2012.

"I'm thrilled to join a show that has changed the face of morning TV in Canada," said Ien.

"This is the only show on Canadian TV where you'll interview a politician one minute and do a fashion segment the next. That looks easy. But it's incredibly difficult to do well. The people on 'Canada AM,' like Seamus O'Regan and Beverly Thomson, have made that look so seamless for the last 10 years. I'm just so glad to have the chance to take on this challenge," she said.

Currently on maternity leave with her second child, Ien has been "Canada AM's" News Anchor for the past eight years. In that role, Ien has interviewed newsmakers ranging from Desmond Tutu and Deepak Chopra to Jamie Foxx. Ien has covered six federal elections, and was anchoring "Canada AM" when news of the Japanese earthquake broke earlier this year. Ien also anchored U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration special and the July 2005 London underground terror attacks.

Ien's career in television spans more than three decades. Her career has taken her from Halifax, where she joined CTV National News as a reporter in 1997, to Vancouver, where she was the News Anchor for CTV's Olympic Morning at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Ien's charity work has seen her travel across the globe. In 2008, Ien travelled to Sierra Leone on behalf of Journalists for Human Rights where she met with reporters and led training workshops. She also works with World Vision for whom she travelled to Sri Lanka to report on the situation following the 2004 tsunami.

From 2001 to 2003, Ien was a reporter based in CTV News's Atlantic bureau. Prior to this, Ien reported for CHCH-TV in Hamilton. In 1995, Ien began reporting at Queen's Park, covering daily political news for CHCH-TV's regional newscast, as well as its British Columbia-based evening show "Canada Tonight." Ien's first television job was on the Canadian children's television series "Circle Square" at the age of 10.

Looking ahead, Ien hints at changes that are in the works for the show.

"We're always looking for ways to speak to our audience. That's what we'll try to do on ‘Canada AM' as we move into 2012 and the show's 40th anniversary year," said Ien.