investment profile
board of directors
Micheline Bouchard
Director
Micheline Bouchard became President and Chief Executive Officer of ART Advanced Research Technologies, a biomedical company, in 2002. From 2001 to 2002, she was Corporate Vice-President and General Manager, Enterprise Services Organization of Motorola Inc. in Chicago and from 1998 to 2000, she served as Corporate Vice-President and then President and Chief Executive Officer of Motorola Canada Inc. Micheline currently serves as a member of the Conference Board of Canada and is a past president of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. She has also served on the Boards of Directors of Sears Canada Inc., Alliance Forest Products and Corby Distilleries. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Sciences and a Master's Degree in Applied Sciences from Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec. She also holds an Honorary Doctorate in Business from University de Montreal (HEC), an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from each of the University of Waterloo, the University of Ottawa and Ryerson Polytechnic University and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from McMaster University. Micheline was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1995. Micheline currently serves as a member of the TELUS Audit Committee.
R. John Butler, Q.C.
Director
R. John Butler, Q.C. is counsel to Bryan & Company, a law firm. John served on the Board of ED TEL (Edmonton Telephones) prior to its acquisition by TELUS Corporation and on the Board of TELUS Corporation prior to its 1999 merger with BC TELECOM Inc. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Trans Global Insurance Company, Trans Global Life Insurance Company, a trustee of the Liquor Stores Income Fund and also Chair of the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club and a member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Football League. John holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta. He currently is Chair of the TELUS Pension Committee and a member of the TELUS Corporate Governance Committee.
Pierre Ducros
Director
Pierre Ducros is President of P. Ducros & Associés Inc. Previously, he was President and CEO of DMR Consulting Group, Inc. (Canada), which he co-founded in 1973. Pierre has also held various management positions at IBM Canada Limited and served as an officer of the Royal Canadian navy. He is presently a member of the Boards of Directors of Manulife Financial Corporation, Cognos Incorporated, Emergis Inc., Nstein Technologies Inc., Engenuity Technologies Inc., and RONA Inc. Pierre obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Université de Paris at Collége Stanislas in Montréal in 1956. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1960 and also obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (Communications) degree from McGill University in 1961. Pierre is a member of the Order of Canada and an officer of the Order of Belgium. He currently serves on TELUS' Audit Committee.