Directors

The Corporation’s strategic direction and ongoing operations are governed by an experienced Board of Directors made up of independent members who base their decisions on their experience and knowledge of the industry and the business world, to assure Cogeco Cable of continued development within its regulatory and legal framework.

Jan-Peeters.jpg JAN PEETERS
Director and Board Chair
Montréal (Québec)

Age: 56
Director since 1998

Member and Chair of
Strategic Opportunities
Committee and
member of Audit, Human
Resources and Corporate
Governance Committees

Mr. Peeters has been Board Chair of the Corporation and COGECO since 2004. He is President and Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair of Olameter Inc., a telemetry company. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of ƒONOROLA from 1990 to 1998. Previously, he worked for thirteen years with SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. He is a director of Intersil Corporation (a U.S. listed issuer) and serves as chair of its audit committee. He also sits on the Board of Governors of McGill University.

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JAN PEETERS  
Montréal (Québec)
President and Chief Executive Officer ,
Olameter Inc.
Board Chair

Louis-Audet.jpg LOUIS AUDET,
Eng., MBA
Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Westmount (Québec)

Age: 57
Director since 1992

Member of Strategic
Opportunities Committee

Mr. Audet has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and COGECO since 1993. He is also a director of CableLabs. He has served on the boards of Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, La Corporation de l'École Polytechnique de Montréal, l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Clarica Life Insurance Company, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, l'Association canadienne de la radio et de la télévision de langue française and the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association.

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LOUIS AUDET, Eng., MBA 
Westmount (Québec)
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Cogeco Cable Inc. et COGECO Inc.
Director

William-Press-Cooper.jpg WILLIAM PRESS COOPER
B.Sc., P.Eng., F.C.S.C.E
Director
Oakville (Ontario)

Age: 68
Director since 2003

Member of Audit and Human
Resources Committees

Mr. Cooper has been, since 1980, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cooper Construction Limited, a real estate development and construction company located in Oakville, Ontario. As well, he has served as a director on several corporate boards including Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Clarica Life Insurance Company and CTV Inc. He is an Honorary Trustee of The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto and is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers.

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WILLIAM PRESS COOPER, B.Sc.  
Oakville (Ontario)
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Cooper Construction Ltd.
Director

patricia-curadeau-grou.jpg PATRICIA CURADEAU-GROU

Montréal (Québec)
Executive Vice President, Risk Management,
National Bank of Canada
Director

Ms. Patricia Curadeau-Grou has been a senior officer of the National Bank of Canada since 1991 where she held several positions, including most recently, Executive Vice-President, Risk Management since August 2011, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice-President, Finance, Risk and Treasury from 2008 to 2011, Senior Vice-President, Finance, Risk and Treasury from 2007 to 2008 and Senior Vice-President, Risk Management from 1998 to 2007. Prior to joining the National Bank, she held a number of key positions at major financial institutions, primarily in business development, credit and corporate planning. She sits on the Board of the Diabetic Children’s Foundation and Plan Canada and has been co-chair of the Fundraising Committee of Fondation de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières since 2009.

PATRICIA CURADEAU-GROU

PATRICIA CURADEAU-GROU, B.Com., financecircle.gif
Montréal (Québec)
Executive Vice President, Risk Management,
National Bank of Canada
Director

LG-Serge-Gadbois.jpg L. G. SERGE GADBOIS
FCA., MBA
Director
Boucherville (Québec)

Age: 63
Director since 2006

Member and Chair of Audit
Committee

Mr. Gadbois is a corporate director. He held several positions within Metro Inc. from 1984 until his retirement in February 2006, including Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from 2002 to 2006, Senior Vice President Finance from 1985 to 2002, and corporate controller from 1984 to 1985. Between 1976 and 1984, Mr. Gadbois worked at the Conseil scolaire de l'Île de Montréal as corporate controller and director of financial services. He is a director of Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc., which is a reporting issuer, and chairs its audit committee. He is a trustee, director and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Trustees of Supremex Income Fund, which is a reporting issuer, and serves as a member of its audit committee. He is a director of Mecachrome International Inc., which is a reporting issuer, and is chair of its audit committee as well as a member of its human resources committee. He also sits on the boards and committees of various humanitarian organizations and corporations. He is a fellow of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec.

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L. G. SERGE GADBOIS, FCA, MBA  
Boucherville (Québec)
Corporate Director
Director

LG-Serge-Gadbois.jpg CLAUDE A. GARCIA
B.A., B.Com.
Director
Montréal (Québec)

Age: 67
Director since 2004

Member and Chair of
Human Resources Committee
and member of Strategic
Opportunities Committees

Mr. Garcia is a corporate director. From June 1993 to December 2004, he was President, Canadian Operations of The Standard Life Assurance Company. He is a director of Goodfellow Inc., L'Excellence, Compagnie d'assurance-vie and BTB Reit, which are reporting issuers. He chairs the Audit Committee of Goodfellow Inc. and L'Excellence, Compagnie d'assurance-vie and serves as a member of the Investment and Audit Committees of BTB Reit. In addition, he is a director of Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal.

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CLAUDE A. GARCIA, B.A., B. COM  
Montréal (Québec)
Corporate Director
Director

Harry A King HARRY A. KING,
B.A., C.A.
Director
Vancouver (British Columbia)

Age: 66
Director since 1993

Member of Audit and
Corporate Governance
Committees

Mr. King is the President of Harking Investments Ltd., a holding company. He held several positions within Continental Lime Ltd. from 1976 to 1992, including as Vice President, Administration and Corporate Secretary from 1982 to 1992. From 1984 to 1991, he was also a director of Allarcom Pay Television, the then provider of pay television movie services in Western Canada. He is also a director of Churchill Corporation, which is a reporting issuer, and is a member of its audit committee.

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HARRY A. KING, B.A., C.A.  
Vancouver (British Columbia)
President,
Harking Investments Ltd.
Director

David-McAusland.jpg DAVID MCAUSLAND
B.C.L., LL.B.
Director
Beaconsfield (Québec)

Age: 54
Director since 1999

Member and Chair of
Corporate Governance
Committee
and member of Strategic
Opportunities Committee

Mr. McAusland is a partner of McCarthy Tétrault, a major law firm in Canada, since June 2009. From 1999 to February 2008, he was a senior officer (most recently, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer) of Alcan Inc., a large multinational industrial company. Prior to joining Alcan, Mr. McAusland was managing partner of a major law firm. He is a director of Cascades Inc., Equinox Minerals Ltd., Khan Resources Inc. and World Color Press, Inc., all of which are reporting issuers. He serves as a member of the corporate governance committees for Cascades Inc. and Equinox Minerals Ltd.; he is a member of the Audit & Finance Committee and the Compensation Committee of Khan Resources; he is a member of the Compensation Committee of Equinox Minerals Ltd. and a member of the Audit Committee of World Color Press, Inc. He is also Chair of the Reform Implementation Council for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In addition, he is a director of certain not-for-profit organizations including Centraide of Greater Montréal and the Fondation de l'École nationale de cirque (Chairman).

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DAVID MCAUSLAND, B.C.L., LL.B.  
Beaconsfield (Québec)
Lawyer and Corporate Director
Director

Carole Salomon CAROLE SALOMON
BA, MBA
Director
Toronto (Ontario)

Age: 63

Mrs. Salomon has been President and CEO of Cardavan Corporation, a management consultancy, since 2001. Prior to establishing Cardavan, she held various leadership roles including President, North America, Trader.com; President, Residential Services, AT&T Canada: Vice-President Marketing, Purolator Courier and Vice-President Marketing, Nabisco Brands. She has served on the boards of Laurier Life, W.H. Smith Canada, Perigee Investment Management, Household Finance and Cineplex.

Carole Salomon

CAROLE SALOMON. BA, MBA  
Toronto (Ontario)
President, and Chief Executive Officer
Cardavan Corporation
Director

 

  

LEGEND:
MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RESSOURCES COMMITTEE
MEMBER OF THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
MEMBER OF THE STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE