[bpgeconference] Re: New BCE Board member

  • From: Charlie Labarge <charlie.labarge@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bpgeconference@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:07:05 -0400

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
>

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