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| + | [[George Weston Limited]] is a Canadian public company founded in 1882 and through its operating subsidiaries constitutes one of North America’s largest food processing and distribution groups. Weston has two reportable operating segments: [[Weston Foods]] and [[Loblaw Companies Limited]]. [[Weston Foods]] is primarily engaged in the baking and dairy industries within North America. Loblaw is Canada’s largest food distributor and a leading provider of general merchandise, drugstore and financial products and services. | ||
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| + | == Directors == | ||
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| + | *[[Galen Weston]] | ||
| + | Chairman and President of the Corporation; former Chairman, [[Loblaw Companies Limited]]; Chairman, [[Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited]], Brown Thomas Group Limited and Selfridges & Co. Ltd.; President, The W. [[Garfield Weston Foundation]]; Director, [[Associated British Foods plc]]; Member, Advisory Board of Columbia University. | ||
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| + | * [[Allan L. Leighton]] | ||
| + | Deputy Chairman of the Corporation, [[Loblaw Companies Limited]] and [[Selfridges & Co. Ltd]].; Chairman, Royal Mail Group; former President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart Europe; former Chief Executive, Asda Stores Ltd.; Director, Loblaw Companies Limited, BHS Ltd., [[BskyB plc]], Selfridges & Co. Ltd., Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited and Brown Thomas Group Limited. | ||
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| + | * [[A. Charles Baillie]] | ||
| + | Retired Chairman, Toronto Dominion Bank; former Chairman & CEO, Toronto Dominion Bank; Director, Dana Corporation, Canadian National Railway Company and Telus Corporation; Chancellor, Queen’s University; President, Art Gallery of Ontario’s Board of Trustees. | ||
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| + | * [[Robert J. Dart]] | ||
| + | Vice Chairman and former President, [[Wittington Investments]], Limited; former Senior Tax Partner, [[Price Waterhouse Canada]]; Director, Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited and Brown Thomas Group Limited. | ||
| − | [[ | + | * [[Peter B.M. Eby]] |
| + | Former Vice Chairman and Director, [[Nesbitt Burns Inc]].; former Executive, [[Nesbitt Burns Inc]]. and its predecessor companies; Director, Leon’s Furniture Limited, Sixty Split Corporation, TD Asset Management USA Funds Inc., Provigo Inc. and R. Split II Corporation. | ||
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| + | * [[Phillip W. Farmer]] | ||
| + | Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Harris Corporation; former Chairman, Executive Committee of the Manufacturers Alliance; Director, Vulcan Materials Company, AuthenTec, Inc.; former Governor, Aerospace Industries Association; Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Florida Institute of Technology; former Member of U.S. Secretary of Defense’s Defense Policy Advisory Committee on Trade. | ||
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| + | * [[Anne L. Fraser]] | ||
| + | Education Consultant, University of Victoria; Associate, Faculties of Management, Education, Engineering, Law and Fine Arts, University of Calgary; President, EnerG Enterprises Inc.; Director, Pier 21 Foundation and The Victoria Foundation. | ||
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| + | * [[Anthony R. Graham]] | ||
| + | President and Director, [[Wittington Investments Limited]]; President and Chief Executive Officer, [[Sumarria Inc]].; former Vice-Chairman and Director of National Bank Financial; former Senior Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc.; Chairman and Director, President’s Choice Bank and Graymont Limited; Director, [[Loblaw Companies Limited]],[[ Brown Thomas Group Limited]], [[Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited]], Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, Provigo Inc. and [[Selfridges & Co. Ltd]]. | ||
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| + | * [[Mark Hoffman]] | ||
| + | Chairman, Cambridge Research Group and Guinness Flight Venture Capital Trust plc; Director, Millipore Corporation, Advent International Corporation, Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited, Glenhuron Bank Limited and Glenmaple Reinsurance Limited. | ||
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| + | * [[John C. Makinson]] | ||
| + | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Penguin Group; former Group Finance Director, Pearson plc; former Managing Director, [[Financial Times]] newspaper; Director, Pearson plc and Interactive Data Corporation Inc. | ||
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| + | * [[J. Robert S. Prichard]] | ||
| + | President and Chief Executive Officer and Director, Torstar Corporation; President Emeritus, University of Toronto; Director, Bank of Montreal, Onex Corporation, Four Seasons Hotels Inc. and Toronto Community Foundation; Chairman, the Visiting Committee for Harvard Law School. | ||
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| + | * [[Wendy Rebanks]] | ||
| + | Treasurer, The W. [[Garfield Weston Foundation]]; Trustee, Toronto Art Centre; Honorary Trustee, American Museum Trustee Association and Royal Ontario Museum; Director, The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation. | ||
Revision as of 14:08, 18 October 2007
George Weston Limited is a Canadian public company founded in 1882 and through its operating subsidiaries constitutes one of North America’s largest food processing and distribution groups. Weston has two reportable operating segments: Weston Foods and Loblaw Companies Limited. Weston Foods is primarily engaged in the baking and dairy industries within North America. Loblaw is Canada’s largest food distributor and a leading provider of general merchandise, drugstore and financial products and services.
Directors
Chairman and President of the Corporation; former Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited; Chairman, Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited, Brown Thomas Group Limited and Selfridges & Co. Ltd.; President, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation; Director, Associated British Foods plc; Member, Advisory Board of Columbia University.
Deputy Chairman of the Corporation, Loblaw Companies Limited and Selfridges & Co. Ltd.; Chairman, Royal Mail Group; former President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart Europe; former Chief Executive, Asda Stores Ltd.; Director, Loblaw Companies Limited, BHS Ltd., BskyB plc, Selfridges & Co. Ltd., Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited and Brown Thomas Group Limited.
Retired Chairman, Toronto Dominion Bank; former Chairman & CEO, Toronto Dominion Bank; Director, Dana Corporation, Canadian National Railway Company and Telus Corporation; Chancellor, Queen’s University; President, Art Gallery of Ontario’s Board of Trustees.
Vice Chairman and former President, Wittington Investments, Limited; former Senior Tax Partner, Price Waterhouse Canada; Director, Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited and Brown Thomas Group Limited.
Former Vice Chairman and Director, Nesbitt Burns Inc.; former Executive, Nesbitt Burns Inc. and its predecessor companies; Director, Leon’s Furniture Limited, Sixty Split Corporation, TD Asset Management USA Funds Inc., Provigo Inc. and R. Split II Corporation.
Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Harris Corporation; former Chairman, Executive Committee of the Manufacturers Alliance; Director, Vulcan Materials Company, AuthenTec, Inc.; former Governor, Aerospace Industries Association; Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Florida Institute of Technology; former Member of U.S. Secretary of Defense’s Defense Policy Advisory Committee on Trade.
Education Consultant, University of Victoria; Associate, Faculties of Management, Education, Engineering, Law and Fine Arts, University of Calgary; President, EnerG Enterprises Inc.; Director, Pier 21 Foundation and The Victoria Foundation.
President and Director, Wittington Investments Limited; President and Chief Executive Officer, Sumarria Inc.; former Vice-Chairman and Director of National Bank Financial; former Senior Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc.; Chairman and Director, President’s Choice Bank and Graymont Limited; Director, Loblaw Companies Limited,Brown Thomas Group Limited, Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited, Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, Provigo Inc. and Selfridges & Co. Ltd.
Chairman, Cambridge Research Group and Guinness Flight Venture Capital Trust plc; Director, Millipore Corporation, Advent International Corporation, Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited, Glenhuron Bank Limited and Glenmaple Reinsurance Limited.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Penguin Group; former Group Finance Director, Pearson plc; former Managing Director, Financial Times newspaper; Director, Pearson plc and Interactive Data Corporation Inc.
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director, Torstar Corporation; President Emeritus, University of Toronto; Director, Bank of Montreal, Onex Corporation, Four Seasons Hotels Inc. and Toronto Community Foundation; Chairman, the Visiting Committee for Harvard Law School.
Treasurer, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation; Trustee, Toronto Art Centre; Honorary Trustee, American Museum Trustee Association and Royal Ontario Museum; Director, The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation.
