Members of the Board of Directors – Biographical Notes
(Updated: October 3, 2008)
Marc A. Courtois
Montréal, Quebec
Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Member since: October 12, 2007
Independent
Member of all Committees
Marc A. Courtois holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia University and a master of business administration from the University of Western Ontario. He has more than twenty years of experience in capital markets. He has particular expertise in the areas of financing, mergers and corporate acquisitions. He worked for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. from 1980 to 2001. Mr. Courtois is an independent member of the Board of directors of TVA Group, GLV Inc. and the GBC North America Growth Fund Inc. He is also active in many charitable organizations and is a director of the McGill University Health Centre.
Moya Greene
Toronto, Ontario
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Member since: May 12, 2005
Not an independent member being part of the Canada Post executive team (see notes at bottom of biographical notes)
Member of the Board of Directors
Moya Greene is the President and Chief Executive Officer, chair of the Management Committee, Quarterly Executive Council and Postal Transformation Committee and also co-chair of the Strategy and Priorities Meeting that manage Canada Post by establishing the rules and framework within which business is to be conducted. She also sits on the Board of Directors of Purolator Inc. and has recently been appointed to the Board of Directors of Tim Hortons. She has been a senior officer of three of Canada’s largest multinational companies: Bombardier Inc., the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and TD Securities Inc. Ms. Greene spent the first 17 years of her career in Ottawa where she assumed progressively senior roles in seven different federal Ministries. Ms. Greene is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and Memorial University of Newfoundland and is considered by colleagues and former employers as a strong strategic leader and adept at managing difficult and complex stakeholder relationships.
Denyse Chicoyne, CFA
Outremont, Quebec
Chairperson of the Pension Committee
Member since: May 12, 2005
Independent
Member of the Audit Committee
Denyse Chicoyne, from Outremont, Quebec, provides the Board of Directors of Canada Post Corporation with solid analytical expertise in financial matters and retailing. During her over twenty-year career at BMO Nesbitt Burns, Nesbitt Thomson, McNeil Mantha, Wood Gundy Securities and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, she has distinguished herself as a top ranked analyst by Canadian and US portfolio managers. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Holt Renfrew & Co., The Montreal Exchange and Richelieu Hardware. She is a member of the Montreal Exchange’s Human Resources Committee and Chair of the Montreal Exchange and of the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) joint Audit Committee. Holder of a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from McGill University and of the designation Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute, Ms. Chicoyne is viewed as an opinion leader for the valuation of retail companies.
Thomas Cryer
Etobicoke, Ontario
Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Member since: October 12, 2007
Independent
Member of the Pension Committee
Thomas Cryer, Fellow Chartered Accountant, is a retired partner of Deloitte and Touche LLP and its former Chairman and chief executive officer. Some of Mr. Cryer's other professional activities have included involvement in various businesses and charitable organizations, such as the Canadian Council of CEOs, Canadian Mental Health, and St. John Ambulance. He is currently on a number of boards of directors including St. Michael's Hospital Foundation, Grey Horse Capital and Skyservice Airlines. Mr. Cryer holds a bachelor of commerce from the University of British Columbia and was recognized, in Ontario, for his professional contributions by being designated as a Fellow Chartered Accountant.
A. Michel Lavigne
Montreal, Quebec
Member since July 30, 2008
Independent
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Pension Committee
A. Michel Lavigne is a corporate director and was, until May 2005, President and Chief Executive Officer of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton in Montréal, as well as Chairman of the Board of Grant Thornton Canada. He was also a member of the Board of Governors of Grant Thornton International. Mr. Lavigne is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec and a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1973. Michel Lavigne is a director of several companies such as the Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec, Québecor Média, Groupe TVA Inc. and Nstein Technologies Inc. He is also the Chairman of Primary Energy Recycling Corporation and Teraxion Inc. Mr. Lavigne actively participates in various charitable and cultural organizations. He has been appointed for a four-year term.
Dr. Daurene E. Lewis, C.M.
Bedford, Nova Scotia
Chairperson of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Health and Safety Committee
Member since: September 9, 2005
Independent
Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Daurene Lewis, from Bedford, Nova Scotia, brings to Canada Post Corporation’s Board of Directors an extensive array of experience in community economic development, volunteer community involvement, advocacy for groups and individuals, as well as international project development and implementation. Her work experience in the health care field and business preceded her current involvement in the field of education. She has been a member of numerous boards of directors over the years, including her current mandates with the Vanier Institute of the Family and the Governor General’s Order of Canada Advisory Council. She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002 in recognition of her extensive contributions. She has been the recipient of many awards over the years.
Siân M. Matthews
Calgary, Alberta
Member since: August 23, 2007
Independent
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Health and Safety Committee
Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Siân Matthews holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo, a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Ottawa and was called to the Alberta Bar in 1985. She is currently a tax partner at Bennett Jones LLP, and her practice focuses on personal tax planning, trusts, estate planning, charity law, wealth management and wealth preservation. Ms. Matthews has a national profile in the areas of tax planning, trust and charity law. She writes regularly for legal journals, and speaks at national and international conferences on tax law. Her professional involvements include memberships to the Law Society of Alberta, the Estate Planning Council of Calgary, the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Canadian Bar Association. She has been an instructor at the Bar Admission Course and a sessional instructor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary.
Iris G. Petten
Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador
Member since: May 19, 2008
Independent
Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Health and Safety Committee
Ms. Petten earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1984 and a bachelor of vocational education from the same university in 1997. She is a founding shareholder of Atlantic Harvesting Group and of Grand Atlantic Seafoods. The latter became Ocean Choice International, of which she has been vice-president since 2000. She has been a member of the advisory committee of the Fisheries and Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland, since 2002 and has also served as a member of the Easter Seals capital campaign committee and the Red Cross Humanitarian Committee.
Robert B. Pletch, Q.C.
Regina, Saskatchewan
Member since: August 23, 2007
Independent
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Robert Pletch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a bachelor of laws degree from Queen's University. He was admitted to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1972 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1989. Mr. Pletch is currently Chairman of MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP, and is one of their senior partners in the commercial and corporate areas. He is also Chairman of SaskEnergy Inc., a Saskatchewan Crown Corporation. He was President of the Law Society of Saskatchewan in 1992, and currently serves his community as Director and Chairman of the Board of the Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club Inc., as a volunteer leader for the United Way of Regina, and as Immediate Past Director and Member of the Executive Committee, Hospitals of Regina Foundation.
William H. Sheffield
Montreal, Quebec
BSc., MBA, ICD.D
Toronto, Ontario / Vancouver, British Columbia
Chairperson Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Member since: August 23, 2006
Independent
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Pension Committee
William (Bill) Sheffield holds a bachelor of science with honours in chemistry from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario and a Master's degree in Business Administration from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has completed an Advanced Management Program at INSEAD business school in France, and has graduated from the Institute of Corporate Director's governance college, earning the designation ICD.D. Mr. Sheffield has more than 20 years of senior management experience for major manufacturers and marketers in the private sector. He was formely CEO of Sappi Fine Papers (UK, South Africa), Executive Vice-President of Abitibi Consolidated (Montreal), and started his career in the Canadian steel industry. In addition to Canada Post, he is currently a Board member of Ontario Power Generation (Toronto), Velan Inc. (Montreal, TSX), Corby Distilleries (Toronto, TSX), and Houston Wire & Cable (Houston, Texas, NASDAQ). He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (Canada) and the National Association of Directors (USA).
Donald Woodley
Mono Township, Ontario
Chairperson of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Member since: August 23, 2006
Independent
Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Health and Safety Committee
Donald Woodley is principle of The Fifth Line Enterprise, his own small company providing strategic advisory services to Canadian industry. Mr. Woodley has over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, management and IT, and was ranked 15th in the "Top 30 Canada's IT Movers and Shakers" in Computing Canada Magazine in 2005. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Western Ontario (Richard Ivey School of Business). Mr. Woodley is a current Board member of TELUS Corporation Inc, Gennum Corporation, Steam Whistle Brewing Inc, Sick Kids Hospital Foundation and Richard Ivey School of Business.
Notes
- A majority of the members of the Board shall be independent in accordance with the Corporation’s Standards of independence. The Corporation’s Board is fully compliant with these rules.
- Ms. Moya Greene, President and CEO of Canada Post is not an independent member being part of the executive team, though the Canada Post Corporation Act gives direction that there shall be a Board of Directors consisting of the Chairperson, the President and nine other directors appointed as provided in the Act.
