CanWest Nominates Two Additional Independent Directors to Board
17 Dicembre 2003 - 5:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
CanWest Nominates Two Additional Independent Directors to Board
WINNIPEG, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CanWest Global
Communications Corp. today announced that Mr. Paul V. Godfrey and
Professor Ronald J. Daniels, both of Toronto, Ontario, have been
nominated to stand for election to the Company's Board of Directors
at its forthcoming annual general meeting of shareholders to be
held in Montreal on January 29th, 2004. These nominations,
announced by CanWest's Chairman, The Honourable Frank McKenna P.C.
Q.C., represent the appointment of two additional independent Board
members. "Paul Godfrey and Ron Daniels will each bring unique and
complementary skills, as well as vast experience, to CanWest's
Board, and we look forward to their wise counsel," said Frank
McKenna. Mr. Godfrey, currently President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club, brings a wealth of
experience as a corporate director, business leader, newspaper
publisher and a leader in municipal politics. Prior to joining the
Toronto Blue Jays, Mr. Godfrey was President and Chief Executive
Officer of Sun Media Corporation, having previously served as
Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Sun newspaper.
Before joining The Toronto Sun, Mr. Godfrey was prominent in
municipal politics in Toronto, serving as a Councillor for the City
of North York and an Alderman before his appointment as Chairman of
the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto in 1973, a position he
held for a record 11 years. Professor Daniels, a distinguished
legal academic, is the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University
of Toronto, where he has taught and written extensively in the
areas of corporate and securities law, regulation and government
reform. He has served as Chair of the Ontario Task Force on
Securities Regulation, a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange
Committee on Corporate Governance, Chair of the Ontario Electricity
Market Design Committee and Special Advisor to the Ontario
Government on Reform of Public Accounting Regulation. Currently,
Professor Daniels is Chair of the Ontario Provincial Government's
Panel on the Future of Government. Professor Daniels is serving
this year as a Visiting Professor at the Yale Law School. He also
serves on several corporate boards. CanWest Global Communications
Corp. (NYSE: CWG; TSE: CGS.S and CGS.A;
http://www.canwestglobal.com/) is an international media company.
Canada's largest publisher of daily newspapers, CanWest owns,
operates and/or holds substantial interests in newspapers,
conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable
channels, websites, and radio stations and networks in Canada, New
Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Company's
program production and distribution division operate in several
countries throughout the world. DATASOURCE: CanWest Global
Communications Corp. CONTACT: Geoffrey Elliot, Vice President,
Corporate Affairs, Tel: 204-956-2025, Fax: 204-947-9841,
Copyright