Difference between revisions of "George Weston Limited"

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*[[Galen Weston]]
 
*[[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]].
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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]].
  
 
* [[Allan L. Leighton]]
 
* [[Allan L. Leighton]]
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* [[Wendy Rebanks]]
 
* [[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.
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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 14:15, 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.

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

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.

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.