Board Committees

Our four Board Committees operate according to a written charter that outlines the duties and responsibilities for each Committee.

Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. To read more about any of the committees, click on committee names in the chart below.

Chairperson

Member

Corporate Governance Committee The Audit Committee The Environment, Health and Safety Committee The Human Resources and Compensation Committee W. Geoffrey Beattie W. Geoffrey Beattie President and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Beattie, 48, is President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of The Woodbridge Company Limited. He is also the Deputy Chairman and a director of Thomson Reuters Corporation; Chairman and a director of CTVglobemedia Inc.; and a director of Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Beattie is a trustee of the University Health Network. Director Since: 2008 Corporate Governance Committee The Human Resources and Compensation Committee ...      John L. Bragg, O.C. John L. Bragg, O.C. Chairman, President and Co-CEO Mr. Bragg, 68, founded Oxford Frozen Foods in 1968, which is now an international supplier of frozen wild blueberries, carrots, cranberries, battered vegetable and cheese products, and other edible goods. Mr. Bragg founded Bragg Communications in 1970. Under the EastLink brand, Bragg Communications provides cable television services and competitive Internet and wireline telephone services, serving nearly all major centres of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as well as several areas in all ...      Purdy Crawford, C.C. Purdy Crawford, C.C. Counsel Mr. Crawford, 77, started practicing law in 1956 and became a senior partner of the law firm of Osler Hoskin & Harcourt in 1970. He joined Imasco Limited in 1985 and became President and Chief Executive Officer in 1986. Mr. Crawford resigned as CEO in 1995 but continued as non-executive Chairman of Imasco Limited, CT Financial Services Inc. and Canada Trustco Mortgage Company until 2000. He rejoined Osler Hoskin & Harcourt as Counsel in 2000. He recently chaired the Pan Canadian Investor C...      Jeffrey Gandz Jeffrey Gandz Professor, Managing Director, Program Design Dr. Gandz, 64, received his Ph.D. in 1978 from York University, Toronto. He taught at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario from 1977 to 1999, was an Associate Dean of Programs and MBA Program Director at the Richard Ivey School of Business and held the Canada Trust J. Allyn Taylor and Arthur Mingay Chair in the Global Environment of Business. Dr. Gandz currently focuses on developing leadership programs for North American and Asian companies including, most recen...      James F. Hankinson James F. Hankinson Corporate Director Mr. Hankinson, 65, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Ontario Power Generation in 2005 and served until his retirement in 2009. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of New Brunswick Power Corporation from 1996 to 2002. Mr. Hankinson served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Canadian Pacific Limited from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Hankinson is a chartered accountant and has a Master of Business Administration from McMaster University...      Chaviva M. Hošek, O.C., Ph.D., LL.D. Chaviva M. Hošek, O.C., Ph.D., LL.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Hošek, 62, received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1973. She was Director of Policy and Research in the Prime Minister’s Office for Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from 1993 to 2000. She served a term as Minister of Housing for the Province of Ontario and a 13-year period as Professor of English Literature at the University of Toronto. Dr. Hošek sits on the Board of Great-West Lifeco Inc. She is a director of the Central European University, The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fo...      Wayne A. Kozun Wayne A. Kozun Senior Vice President, Public Equities Mr. Kozun, 43, leads the team that oversees the Teachers’ actively-managed public equities portfolios, including relationship investing, totalling more than $29 billion. Mr. Kozun joined Teachers’ in 1995 and has risen steadily through positions of growing responsibility, most recently as Vice-President, Tactical Asset Allocation. Prior to joining Teachers’, Mr. Kozun was with Imperial Oil Limited and Northern Telecom. He received a Bachelor of Engineering Science from the University of Wes...      Claude R. Lamoureux Claude R. Lamoureux Corporate Director Mr. Lamoureux, 66, was Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan a public sector pension fund, until his retirement in 2007. He was appointed to the position in 1990, when the Ontario government established the new independent corporation to replace the Ontario Teachers' Superannuation Fund. An actuary by profession, Mr. Lamoureux joined Teachers' from Metropolitan Life, where he had a successful career in their New York and Ottawa offices. Director Since: 2008<...      Diane E. McGarry Diane E. McGarry Corporate Director Ms. McGarry, 59, has over 30 years experience with Xerox Corporation in international general management, strategy, operations and marketing including five years in Canada as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 1998 and marketing and executive management positions in the United States and the United Kingdom. Prior to retiring in 2005, Ms. McGarry held the position of Chief Marketing Officer, where she was responsible for worldwide integrated marketing and communicatio...      Gordon R. Ritchie Gordon R. Ritchie Chairman of Public Affairs Mr. Ritchie, 65, is also Chief Executive Officer of Strategico Inc. and has been a director of a number of leading Canadian corporations including AIG United Guaranty Canada. Mr. Ritchie had 22 years of distinguished public service which included service as Associate Deputy Minister of the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion and Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of State for Economic Development. As Ambassador for Trade Negotiations, Mr. Ritchie was one of the principal architects of th...      William T. Royan William T. Royan Vice President, Relationship Investing Mr. Royan, 41, joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2008 as Vice President, Relationship Investing where he is responsible for making large-scale, long-term strategic investments in companies across the globe. He joined Ontario Teachers’ from Lehman Brothers in New York, where he held senior roles in its mergers group and its equity strategies unit, Lehman’s principal investing arm. Previously, he worked in mergers and acquisitions at J.P. Morgan in New York and RBC Dominion Securities in Toronto. Mr. Ro...

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