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Richard J. Currie was appointed Chair of the Board on April 24, 2002 and has been a Director of the company since May 1995. He is also Chair of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee.
Mr. Currie was President and a director of George Weston Limited (food distribution, retail and production company) from 1996 to May 2002 and President and a director of Loblaw Companies Limited (grocery chain) from 1976 to January 2001. In 1997, Mr. Currie was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 2004. In 2001 he was elected "Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year" and in 2003 entered the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. In 2004, he received the McGill University Management Achievement Award and was inducted as Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors. | 