Directors

COGECO's strategic direction and ongoing operations are governed by a seasoned 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 of continued development within its regulatory and legal framework.

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 Ressources 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.

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

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

Age : 57
Director since 1984

Member of Strategic Opportunities Committee

Mr. Audet has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and of Cogeco Cable 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.

LOUIS AUDET, Ing., MBA  
Westmount (Québec)
President and Chief Executive Office
Cogeco Câble inc. et COGECO inc.
Director

ELISABETTA BIGSBY ELISABETTA BIGSBY
Master’s Degree in Economics

Corporate Director
Director

Ms. Bigsby is a corporate director.  She has been advising companies on leadership development and transformational initiatives in cooperation with the International Consortium for Executive Development Research, Massachusetts, since 2007. She pursued her career at RBC Financial Group in a variety of senior business and strategy roles from 1977 to 2007. She was notably a member of the CEO Executive Committee and the Chief Human Resources Officer from 2001 to 2007. She is a director of la Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and serves as the Chair of its Human Resources Committee.  She is a past director of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation, la Chambre de Commerce de Montreal, the Canadian Opera Company, les Grands Ballets Canadiens and McGill University’s Pension Fund.

ELISABETTA BIGSBY, Master’s Degree in Economics   
Toronto (Ontario)
Corporate Director
Director

ANDRÉ BROUSSEAU
B.A., B.PED., M.E. ED.
Director
Trois-Rivières (Québec)

Age : 69
Director since 1996

Member of Audit Committee

Mr. Brousseau is a corporate director. He has been Vice-rector and General Secretary at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières from 1970 to 1997 and served as Rector by Interim in 1993-1994. He is President of Conseil des gouverneurs and Chairman of the Board of the Canassurance Hospital Service Association, Québec and Ontario Blue Cross. He is Chairman of the Board of Canassurance Financial Corporation and of its subsidiaries. He is a director of the Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans and member of the standards compliance committee. He was president de l'Association des hôpitaux du Québec from 1982-1986 and President of the Canadian Hospital Association in 1991-1992.

ANDRÉ BROUSSEAU, B.A., B. Péd., L. Péd.-L.  
Trois-Rivières (Québec)
Corporate Director
Director

PIERRE L. COMTOIS
ADM. A.
Director
Montréal (Québec)

Age : 64
Director since 2003

Member and Chair of Audit Committee and member of Corporate Governance Committee

Mr. Comtois has been, since January 2007, Vice-Chairman of the Board and Chief Investment Officer of Optimum Asset Management Inc. Previously, he was successively Executive Vice President, Finance and Treasurer (1992-1996) of Optimum Group Inc. and President-General Manager (1996-2006) of Optimum Asset Management Inc. From 1982 to 1992, he was Vice President and General Manager, Finance of General Trust of Canada. He is a director of Optimum Group Inc., Optimum Vie (France), Banque Martin Maurel (France) and of the Fondation du Grand Montréal.

PIERRE COMTOIS, B. Sc. Com., Adm. A.  
Montréal (Québec)
Vice-chairman of the Board and Chief Investment Officer,
Optimum Asset Management inc.
Director

PAULE DORÉ
B.C.L., LL.B.
Director
Beaconsfield (Québec)

Age : 54
Director since 1999

Member and Chair of Corporate Governance Committees and Member Strategic Opportunities Committee.

Ms. Doré is a corporate director with almost 30 years of management experience. She worked as a senior manager of CGI from 1990 to 2006 as Executive Vice President and Corporate Chief Executive Officer. Following that and until recently, she acted as special advisor to the founder and Executive Chairman of CGI. Before joining CGI, she was General Manager of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal for four years. From 1980 to 1990, she assumed various management functions within private corporations and non-profit organizations. She is a director of AXA Canada and CGI Group, which are reporting issuers, and sits on the governance committee of these two companies. She is also a director of the Institut pour la gouvernance d'organisations privées et publiques (IGOPP). She is a former director of the Groupe Laperrière Verreault (GLV), Ault Foods and Covitec. She acted as Chairman of the Société d'habitation et de développement de Montréal (SHDM) from 1988 to 1992, President of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal in 1997, Chairman of the Institut de design Montréal from 1999 to 2002 and Chairman of the Montreal YWCA Foundation from 2003 to 2005.

PAULE DORÉ  
Montréal (Québec)
Corporate Director
Director

CLAUDE A. GARCIA
B.A., B.Com.
Director
Montréal (Québec)

Age : 67
Director since 2003

Member and Chair of Human Ressources, Member of Strategic Opportunities Committee

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.

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

Normand Legault NORMAND LEGAULT
B.A.A.

Montréal, Québec
Corporate Director
Director

Normand Legault is a corporate director. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Just for laughs Group from 2009 to 2010. He held several positions from 1989 to 2009 within the Grand Prix F1 of Canada including being President and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2009. Prior to that, he was Vice President of The Alouettes Montreal Football Club from 1986 to 1987 and President of the Montreal 2005 World Aquatics Championship. As an entrepreneur, he was also involved in launching various enterprises in the graphic design and event organization industries. Mr. Legault currently serves as Chairman of both Société du Parc Jean-Drapeau and Montreal International. He is also a board member of the Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) organization. He has served as a director with numerous corporations, both private and public, including, amongst others, Distinction Group Inc., Société Générale de Financement, Société de la Place des Arts de Montréal and the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal.

NORMAND LEGAULT, B.A.A.   
Montréal, Québec
Corporate DirectorDirector

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

Age : 54
Director since 1999

Member and Chair of Corporate Governance Committees and Member 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 committee 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 Counsel for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In addition, he is a director of certain not-for-profit organizations including Centraide of Greater Montreal and the Fondation de l'École nationale de cirque (Chairman).

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