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 Corporation and COGECO since 1993. He is also a director of CableLabs and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf as well as President of the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Development Fund. He has served on the boards of 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 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

MARIO BERTRAND
Director
Monte Carlo (Monaco)

Age : 53
Director since 2006

Member of Strategic Opportunities Committee

Mr. Mario Bertrand has been, since 2005, Managing Partner of OMC Limited (a management company specializing in the installation of commercial platforms for infrastructure, security and technology companies) and since 2008, Managing Partner of Wolfgang Entertainment Inc., an entertainment and management company. He has been, from 2005 to 2008, Vice-Chairman of the Just for Laughs group in charge of the International Strategy of the Group. Prior to that, he was successively President and Chief Executive Office, Europe of Telesystem International Wireless (“TIW”) from 1995 to 1999, then President of New Ventures and of the financial holdings of TIW from 2000 to 2005. During the course of his career, he was notably President and Chief Executive Officer of Télé-Métropole and Groupe TVA in 1991 and Chief of Staff of the Premier of Québec from 1986 to 1990. Mr. Bertrand currently sits on the board of Gastem Inc., which is a reporting issuer. He is also director of Just for Laugh Group and Léger Marketing Inc., and he is a member of the advisory board of N-Stein Technologies. He also serves, in Europe, on the board of Just for Laughs Live Limited. Prior thereto, he was a director of several Canadian companies (Hydro-Québec, Laurentienne Assurances, M3I Inc., Magasins M., Télé-Métropole, Le Devoir and Léger Marketing) and European companies (CMI Musik International, LeSpectacle.com, Distraction Formats Inc., TIW Corp., MobiFon, Oskar Mobil TIW Asia, and Alis Technologies).

MARIO BERTRAND  
Monte Carlo (Monaco)
Managing Partner
OMC Ltd. and Wolfgang Entertainment Inc.
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 1992-1993. 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.

Mr. McAusland is a lawyer and corporate director. From 1999 to February 2008, he was a senior office (most recently, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer) of Alcan Inc., an aluminium, engineered products and packaging manufacturer. Prior to joining Alcan, Mr. McAusland was managing partner of a major law firm. He is a director of Cascades Inc., Quuinox Minerals Ltd. And Khan Resources Inc., all of which are reporting issuers, and serves as a member of the corporate governance committees for all three. He is also a director of certain not-for-profit organizations including Centraide of Greater Montreal, I Musici and the Fondation de l’École nationale de cirque (Chairman).

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 it’s the investment and Audit Committees of BTB Reit. He is also a director of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and serves as chair of its audit committee. In addition, he is the Chairman of the Board of Agence des partenariats public-privé du Québec and a director of Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal.

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

GERMAINE GIBARA
MA, CFA
Director
Montréal (Québec)

Age : 64
Director since 2007

Member of Human Resources and Strategic Opportunities Committees

Mrs. Gibara has been, since 1995, President of Avvio Management Inc., a management consulting firm. She is a director of Sun Life Financial and Agrium Inc., which are reporting issuers. She serves as a member of the audit and conduct review committee and of the governance committee of Sun Life Financial and as a member of the corporate governance and nominating committee and the human resources and compensation committee of Agrium Inc. She is director of Technip (Paris) and serves as a member of its human resources and strategy committees. She is also director of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

GERMAINE GIBARA, MA, CFA  
Montréal (Québec)
President
Avvio Management Inc.
Director

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 lawyer and corporate director. From 1999 to February 2008, he was a senior office (most recently, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer) of Alcan Inc., an aluminium, engineered products and packaging manufacturer. Prior to joining Alcan, Mr. McAusland was managing partner of a major law firm. He is a director of Cascades Inc., Quuinox Minerals Ltd. And Khan Resources Inc., all of which are reporting issuers, and serves as a member of the corporate governance committees for all three. He is also a director of certain not-for-profit organizations including Centraide of Greater Montreal, I Musici and the Fondation de l’École nationale de cirque (Chairman).

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

 

  

LÉGENDE
MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RESSOURCES COMMITTEE
MEMBER OF THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
MEMBER OF THE STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE