Loblaw Companies Limited
Loblaw Companies Limited (is Canada’s largest food distributor and a leading provider of general merchandise products, drugstore and financial products and services. Through its various operating banners, Loblaw is committed to providing Canadians with a one-stop destination in meeting their food and household needs. This goal is pursued through a portfolio of store formats across the country. Loblaw is known for the quality, innovation and value of its food offering. It also offers Canada’s strongest control label program, including the unique President’s Choice, no name and Joe Fresh Style brands. Food is at the heart of its offering. Loblaw stores provide a wide, growing and successful range of products and services to meet the everyday household demands of Canadian consumers. In addition, President’s Choice Financial services offer core banking, a popular MasterCard®, PC Financial auto, home, travel and pet insurance, PC Mobile phone services as well as the PC points loyalty program. Loblaw is committed to a strategy developed under three core themes: Simplify, Innovate and Grow. The Company strives to be consumer focused, cost effective and agile, with the goal of achieving long term growth for its many stakeholders. Loblaw believes that a strong balance sheet is critical to achieving its potential. It is highly selective in its consideration of acquisitions and other business opportunities. The Company maintains an active product development program to support its control label program. It works to ensure that its technology and systems logistics enhance the efficiency of its operations. Over 139,000 full-time and part-time employees execute its business strategy in more than 1,000 corporate and franchised stores from coast to coast. This makes Loblaw one of Canada’s largest private sector employers. It strives to contribute to the communities it serves and to be proactive in corporate citizenship.
Directors
Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited; Former Senior Vice President, Loblaw Companies Limited; Director, Wittington Investments Limited; Former Director, George Weston Limited.
Deputy Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited, George Weston Limited, Selfridges & Co. Ltd.; Chairman, Royal Mail Group; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart Europe; Director, BHS Ltd., Brown Thomas Group Limited, BskyB plc, Holt, Renfrew & Co. Limited.
Paul M. Beeston, C.M., B.A., F.C.A.2,5 Chairman, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Major League Baseball; Former President, Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Team; Director, President’s Choice Bank, Newport Partners Income Fund.
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, George Weston Limited; Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Centrica North America; Former Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
Director, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation (UK); Former President, The Civic Garden Centre; Former Director, The Nature Conservancy of Canada, Royal Botanical Gardens.
Chairman, RBC Capital Markets Inc.; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, RBC Dominion Securities; Former Deputy Chairman, Royal Bank of Canada; Chairman, Munich Reinsurance Group of Companies; Director, BCE Inc., CAE Inc., The Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network.
President and Director, Wittington Investments Limited; President and Chief Executive Officer, Sumarria Inc.; Former Vice Chairman, National Bank Financial; Chairman and Director, President’s Choice Bank, Graymont Limited; Director, George Weston Limited, Brown Thomas Group Limited, Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited, Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, Provigo Inc., Selfridges & Co. Ltd.
Chief Administrative Officer, Frum Development Group; Former Vice President, Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation; Former Chair, Canadian Film Centre, Ontario Science Centre; Former President, Canadian Club of Toronto; Director, The Toronto Community Foundation, The Stratford Chef’s School.
Pierre Michaud, C.M.5 Founder, Réno-Dépôt Inc.; Chairman and Director, Provigo Inc.; Vice Chairman, Laurentian Bank of Canada; Director, Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Capital GVR Inc., Gaz Métro Inc.
Retired Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting; Former Chief Executive Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Vice Chair, Board of Governors, Queen’s University; Director, President’s Choice Bank, Adecco S.A., BCE Inc., Nexen Inc., Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, St. Michael’s Hospital.
G. Joseph Reddington Retired Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Breuners Home Furnishings Corporation; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Signature Group; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Sears Canada; Director, Ansett Worldwide.
John D. Wetmore Former President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM Canada; Retired Vice President, Contact Centre Development, IBM Americas; Director, Research in Motion Limited, Sunnybrook Foundation, University of Waterloo; Trustee, Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund.
Managing Partner, Barnagain Capital; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Bank Corporation (Canada); Chairman and Trustee, BFI Canada Income Fund; Director, President’s Choice Bank, OutdoorPartner Media Corporation, ROC Pref Corp.
