Darren Entwistle

President and Chief Executive Officer

Darren joined TELUS as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2000, bringing extensive and diverse leadership experience in global telecommunications operations.

Before joining TELUS, Darren, an 18-year veteran of the communications industry, spent seven years on the senior leadership team at Cable & Wireless in the United Kingdom, culminating with his appointment as President of the company for the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1999.

Darren earned a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree from Concordia University, an MBA in finance from McGill University and a diploma in Network Engineering from the University of Toronto. He is on a number of boards including the TD Bank Financial Group and McGill University. Darren also serves as Chair of the Royal Conservatory of Music's Capital Campaign.

R.E.T. (Rusty) Goepel

Director

Ruston E.T. Goepel is the Senior Vice President of Raymond James Financial Ltd. He is chairman of both the Business Council of BC and Yellow Point Equity Partners, and he serves as director of several organizations including the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Organizing Committee, The Vancouver Airport Authority, Spur Ventures Inc., Amerigo Resources Ltd., Premium Brands Ltd. and Baytex Energy Trust. He is a past director of Duke Seabridge Ltd., Smith Tractor Inc. and Coast Tractor Ltd. Rusty is also a member of both Simon Fraser University's and the Canadian Olympic Association's pension advisory committees, and is a recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal for Business Leadership and Community Services. Rusty currently serves on TELUS' Audit Committee.

John S. Lacey

Director

John S. Lacey is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alderwoods Group, Inc., an organization operating funeral homes and cemeteries within North America. From January 1999 to January 2002, John was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loewen Group. He is an Advisory Board Member of Tricap, a director of Cancer Care Ontario, Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, Western Forest Products Ltd. and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and is currently the Chairman of Doncaster Racing Inc. and Doncaster Consolidated Ltd. In the past five years, he also served on the Board of Directors of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and Clarica, Inc. John currently is the Chair of the TELUS Human Resources and Compensation Committee and a member of the TELUS Corporate Governance Committee.