investment profile
board of directors
Brian A. Canfield
Chair
Brian A. Canfield is the Chair of TELUS Corporation. His career with TELUS spans nearly 49 years, including four years as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of BC TELECOM Inc., three years as President and Chief Executive Officer and one year as President and Chief Operating Officer. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of TELUS Corporation on an interim basis from September 1999 to July 2000, after which he resumed his role as Chair. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of Terasen Inc. and Suncor Energy Inc. and is a member of the Canadian Public Accountability Board. Brian has also served as a director of the Toronto Stock Exchange. In 1997, Brian was named an Honorary Doctor of Technology by the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and in 1998 was appointed to the Order of British Columbia. Brian currently serves as a member of the TELUS Pension Committee.
R.H. (Dick) Auchinleck
Director
R.H. (Dick) Auchinleck was employed by Gulf Canada, an oil and gas company, for 25 years, retiring in 2001 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Canada Resources after the sale of the company to Conoco Inc. He continues an association with the company as a member of the Conoco-Phillips Board. From 1999 to 2001, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Enbridge Commercial Trust and has served in the past five years on the Boards of Sonic Mobility Inc., Hydro One Inc., Gulf Indonesia Resources Ltd. and Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. He received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. Dick currently serves as a member of the TELUS Human Resources and Compensation Committee and the TELUS Corporate Governance Committee.
A. Charles Baillie
Director
A. Charles Baillie served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto-Dominion Bank from 1998 until his retirement in 2003. In addition to his affiliation with various educational and cultural organizations, Charles currently serves on the Board of Directors of Dana Corporation, Ballard Power Systems Inc., Canadian National Railway Company and George Weston Limited. In the past five years, he has served on the Board of Directors of Cadillac Fairview Corporation, Quebecor World Inc., Texaco Inc., the Toronto-Dominion Bank and TD Waterhouse Inc. Charles is President of The Art Gallery of Ontario, Chancellor of Queen's University and Chair of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. He holds an Honours B.A. from Trinity College, University of Toronto, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from Queen's University. Charles currently serves as a member of the TELUS Audit Committee.