Mr. Dussault has been Chair of the Board of Directors of Intact Financial Corporation
since January 1, 2008, and was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 2001 to the end of 2007. Mr. Dussault has been a director of Intact Financial Corporation and its P&C insurance subsidiaries since 2000. He has held several executive positions within the Intact group of companies in Canada for the last 25 years; he is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society; he graduated from the Université Laval (Québec) with a Bachelor of Actuarial Science degree and has completed the Advanced Executive Education Program at the Wharton School of Business.
Charles Brindamour is the Chief Executive Officer of Intact Financial Corporation. Under his leadership, the Company became an independent and widely-held Canadian company.
Mr. Brindamour began his career with Intact in 1992 as an actuary and held a number of progressive management positions in St-Hyacinthe and Toronto. He also served in management and executive roles in Europe both with ING Groep, the Company’s former majority shareholder, and ING Romania, where he was Chief Actuary and Chief Financial Officer. Upon his return to Canada in 1999, he led the company’s acquisition, strategic planning and capital management functions. Two years later he became Senior Vice President of Personal Lines and, in 2004, he was appointed Executive Vice President, responsible for underwriting, claims, planning, corporate development and investor relations. In 2007, he became Chief Operating Officer, a position he held until his appointment as CEO in January 2008.
A graduate of Université Laval (Québec), Mr. Brindamour received his Bachelor of Actuarial Sciences in 1992. He is also an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Mr. Brindamour is a board member of Intact Financial Corporation and the Insurance Bureau of Canada. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Climate Change Adaptation Project, an initiative of the University of Waterloo. Mr. Brindamour is also a member of the 2010 Campaign Cabinet of the United Way of Greater Toronto and is Chair of the insurance industry campaign.
Yves Brouillette
, Corporate Director and President, Placements Beluca Inc.
Mr. Brouillette is currently President of Placements Beluca Inc. which is a privately held investment company. Since 2007, he has also been a director of White Mountains Insurance Group, a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He was, from April 2002 to September 2005, the Chief Executive Officer of ING Latin America. Prior to that time, Mr. Brouillette was General Manager of ING Mexico and Chairman of the Executive Committee of ING Commercial America since 2001. Over the last 35 years, Mr. Brouillette has occupied several senior positions within the ING group of companies, including CEO of Intact Financial Corporation (formerly ING Canada Inc.) from 1993 to 2001. He is an Actuarial Science graduate of the Université Laval (Québec), a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Mr. Brouillette has also been a director of our P&C insurance companies since 1989.
Paul Cantor
, Chair, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and York University's Board of Governors and Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
Mr. Cantor is the Chair of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board and of York University’s Board of Governors. Concurrently, he is Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones LLP. Mr. Cantor is also a member of the Board of Directors of ING Bank of Canada. He was Chairman and CEO of National Trust Company and earlier held other senior executive positions in the financial services sector. He has also served on the board of directors of a number of publicly-traded companies and/or large financial institutions. He was Managing Partner and then Chair of Russell Reynolds Associates Canada. His public sector service includes establishing and serving as the first executive director of the World Bank-Canadian government sponsored Toronto International Leadership Centre for Financial Sector Supervision, as well as serving with the Department of Finance of the Government of Canada. Paul Cantor obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta and a law degree from the University of Toronto. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers.
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Marcel Côté
, Senior Partner, Secor Consulting Inc.
Mr. Côté is Senior Partner of Secor Consulting Inc., a Montreal-based consulting firm specializing in business strategy which he founded in 1975, and of which he was the President until June 2007. In 1989 and 1990, he was Director of Strategic Planning and Communication for the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. From 1986 to 1988, he worked as an economic advisor to the Premier of Québec. Mr. Côté holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also a Fellow of the Center for International Affairs of Harvard University. Mr. Côté has also taught at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Mr. Côté was appointed as a member of Intact Financial Corporation’s former Advisory Board in 1999, and was previously a member of our Board of Directors from 1997 to 1999.
Mr. Crispin was, until retirement, a member of ING Americas Executive Committee, which is responsible for all of ING Group's insurance, banking and investment management activities in North and South America. From 2001 until the end of 2007, when he retired, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ING Investment Management Americas and was responsible for ING Mutual Funds, ING Institutional Markets and ING Group's insurance operations in Brazil, Chile and Peru. Prior to joining ING Group in 2001, Mr. Crispin was an Executive Vice-President of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Over the past 34 years, he has held senior positions with a number of major insurance and financial service companies. These include Travelers Companies where he was Vice Chairman, and Lincoln National Corporation where he was Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer. He has led a variety of units including investment, finance, distribution, international operations and technology. Mr. Crispin received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the University of Connecticut. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Eileen Mercier
, Chair and Board Member, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Ms. Mercier is currently the Chair of the Board of the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. Her career encompasses over 39 years of general management experience in the forest products, financial services, integrated oil and communication industries. From 1995 to 2003, Ms. Mercier headed her own management consulting firm, Finvoy Management Inc., specializing in financial strategy, restructuring and corporate governance issues. Prior to that time, she was Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Abitibi-Price Inc. She holds an MBA from York University and a Masters Degree from the University of Alberta. Ms. Mercier was appointed a member of Intact Financial Corporation’s former Advisory Board in 1999.
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Timothy H. Penner
, President of Procter & Gamble Inc.
Tim Penner, President of Procter & Gamble Inc., joined P&G Canada 33 years ago, after graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University. His initial career was in marketing, first in laundry products, and later in health care. From 1993 to 1996, he was Vice-President of P&G's Health and Beauty Care business in the U.K. From 1996 to 1999, he was Vice-President of P&G's North American Tissue/Towel business, based in the U.S. He returned to Canada in 1999, as President of P&G Inc. Throughout his career, he has served on various community, educational and professional committees. He serves on the Board of the Youth Challenge Fund and the YMCA of Greater Toronto. He is on the International Advisory Council, Schulich School of Business (York University), and is on the Ontario Task Force on Competitiveness and Prosperity. He serves on the Board, and is Past Chair of both GS-1 and Food & Consumer Products of Canada. He was Chair of the United Way of Greater Toronto 2007 Campaign, after serving as Deputy Chair for 2006. Mr. Penner has also served as Honorary Chair for Career Bridge, a successful internship program that links qualified, professional-level immigrants with Canadian employers.
Louise Roy
, Chancellor and Chair of the Board, Université de Montréal and Invited Fellow, Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations
Ms. Roy is Chancellor and Chair of the Board of Université de Montréal, the first woman to occupy these functions. She is an invited Fellow at CIRANO, the Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations, a position she has held since September 2003. She is also President of the Conseil des arts de Montréal since September 2006. She serves as a Director of Power Financial Corporation, Montréal International and the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD Quebec Chapter). Ms. Roy is also a consultant and a company Director. During her career, she has been a Director of Provigo Inc. until 1992, the Laurentian Bank of Canada until 1993, Videotron Ltée until 1997, and Domtar Corporation until 2007. She was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Montreal Urban Community Transport Commission until 1992, Executive Vice-President of Air France until 1997, President and Chief Executive Officer of Telemedia Communications Inc. until 2000 and Senior Vice-President of International Air Transport Association until 2003. She participated in several fundraising campaigns, including the Université de Montréal and several other cultural organizations. In 2009, she was named an Officer of the National Order of Québec.
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Stephen Snyder
, President and CEO of TransAlta Corporation
Mr. Snyder has been the President and CEO of TransAlta Corporation since 1996, an energy company focused on electricity generation and energy trading and marketing. Previously, he was President & CEO of Noma Industries Ltd., GE Canada Inc., and Camco, Inc. He is also a director of TransAlta Corporation and Co-Chair of the Calgary Stampede Foundation Campaign. Mr. Snyder is an immediate past Director of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. He is the past Chair of the following organizations: Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness, the Calgary Committee to End Homelessness, the Canada-Alberta ecoEnergy Carbon Capture & Storage Task Force, the Conference Board of Canada, the Calgary Zoological Society, the Canadian Electrical Association, the United Way Campaign of Calgary and Area, and the Calgary Zoo’s “Destination Africa” capital campaign. He was awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005, the Conference Board of Canada 2008 Honorary Associate Award, the Chamber of Commerce Sherrold Moore Award of Excellence in 2009, and the Canadian Energy Person of the Year Award by the Energy Council of Canada in 2010.
Mr. Snyder holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Queen’s University (Kingston) as well as a master of business administration from the University of Western Ontario (London). In addition, he has honorary degrees from the University of Calgary (LLD), and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Applied Technology).
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Carol Stephenson
, Dean, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
Ms. Stephenson has been the Dean of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario since July 1, 2003. Prior to this appointment, she worked for more than 30 years in the telecommunications and technology industries, most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lucent Technologies Canada. Ms. Stephenson currently serves on the boards of directors for several top Canadian companies and on important government committees. She is Chair of the Ontario Research Fund and Chair of the Government of Canada’s Advisory Committee on Senior Level Retention and Compensation. From 2005-2007, Ms. Stephenson served as a Member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Science and Technology. In November 2006, she was appointed by the Federal Government to serve on the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee (VANOC). Ms. Stephenson is a graduate of the University of Toronto. She has also completed the Executive Program at the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of California at Berkeley, and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. In 2000, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering from Ryerson Polytechnic University. Ms. Stephenson was appointed a member of the Company’s former Advisory Board in 1999 and was previously a member of our Board of Directors in 1999. She has also been a director of the Company’s P&C insurance subsidiaries since 2002.
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