ABC News has found its new chief.

Ben Sherwood, the former executive producer of “Good Morning America,” will replace David Westin as president of ABC News on Monday.

Sherwood, who took “GMA” to within a hair’s breadth of catching “Today” in 2005, left the network in 2006 to be closer to his family on the West Coast.

He first joined ABC News in 1989 as a producer for “PrimeTime Live,” then jumped to NBC in 1997 as broadcast producer of the “NBC Nightly News,” returning to ABC in April ’04 as EP of “GMA.”

Sherwood is also a novelist; his book, “The Death of Charlie St. Cloud,” was made into the big-screen movie, “Charlie St. Cloud,” which premiered last summer with star Zac Efron.

“GMA” remains firmly entrenched in second place behind “Today.”