Thanks, Jim. Looks like he will be spending a lot of time becoming familiar with all of Bell's finances. Between the Audit Committee and the Pension Fund Committee, he will have a complete overview of the state of Bell's finances. Charlie On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:02 PM, <jas.murray@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The attached confirms that Daniel Denison will sit on the Pension Fund > Committee as a member. He is obviously meets the BCE governance > requirement that each member of this committee has to have some relative > accounting, finance or pension administration experience in order to be a > member. He will not be the chair of the committee (at least for now.?!). > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 14:52:50 -0400 > Subject: [bpgeconference] New BCE Board member > From: charlie.labarge@xxxxxxxxx > To: bpgeconference@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Hi everyone, > > Not sure if you all saw the news that BCE has just appointed Daniel > Denison, the former President and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan, to the > Board of Directors. The Globe and Mail wrote: > > It’s only been a few months since David Denison retired from running the > Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and he’s already picking up board > seats. > > On Thursday, BCE Inc. announced that Mr. Denison, who is 60 this year, is > joining its board of directors. > > In late August, Mr. Denison picked up a seat on Royal Bank of Canada’s > board. He is also a member of the World Bank’s Treasury Expert Advisory > Committee. > > You may recall that at the September Pension Committee meeting, I > indicated that the former CPP President had just given a speech to the C.D. > Howe Institute that raised some imprtant issues about Canadians' pensions. > I am attaching that speech for your own reading since I expect that Mr. > Denison will be playing a large part in assisting Bell with its own pension > plan. > > I am sure we will hear more about Mr. Denison in the future, > > > Charlie >