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and complaint procedures. A copy of the Audit Committee’s Terms of Reference is
attached as Appendix A to this Annual Information Form.
The current members of the Audit Committee are Brian F. MacNeill (Chair), John Lacey,
William MacKinnon and Ronald P. Triffo. Each member of the Audit Committee is
independent and financially literate within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 52-110
“Audit Committees” and the Board has determined that Brian MacNeill is an audit
committee financial expert and has accounting or related financial management
expertise. The following lists the relevant education and experience of the members of
TELUS’ Audit Committee that is relevant to his or her role on the committee.
Brian MacNeill chairs the Audit Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from
Montana State University and has over 35 years of experience in accounting having
earned his Certified Public Accounting designation (California) and his Chartered
Accountant designation (Canada). In 1995, Mr. MacNeill was made a Fellow of the
Chartered Accountants of Alberta. Mr. MacNeill served as Chair of Petro-Canada from
2000 to 2009. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Enbridge Inc. from 1990 until
his retirement in 2001. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Enbridge
and held numerous financial positions with various Canadian companies.
John Lacey is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Tricap. Mr. Lacey was previously the
Chairman of the board of directors of Alderwoods Group, Inc., an organization operating
funeral homes and cemeteries within North America, until November 2006. Mr. Lacey
has completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.
Bill MacKinnon is the former Chief Executive Officer of KPMG Canada, serving from
April 1999 to December 31, 2008. He first joined KPMG Canada in 1971, serving the
company in numerous roles of increasing leadership for 37 years, including his
membership on the Board of Directors of each of KPMG Canada, KPMG International
and KPMG Americas. Mr. MacKinnon obtained a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours
from the University of Manitoba in 1967. He became a chartered accountant in 1971
and obtained his FCA designation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
in 1994.
Ronald P. Triffo is the Chairman and a director of Stantec Inc., an engineering and
international professional services company where he served in various executive
management positions for more than 25 years. Mr. Triffo obtained a Bachelor of Applied
Science from the University of Manitoba and an MSc (Engineering) from the University
of Illinois. He is the Chairman of the Alberta Innovates – Technology Solutions and the
past Chairman of ATB Financial.
Audit, audit-related and non-audit services
All requests for non-prohibited audit, audit-related and non-audit services provided by
TELUS’ external auditor and its affiliates to TELUS are required to be pre-approved by
the Audit Committee of TELUS’ Board of Directors. To enable this, TELUS has
implemented a process by which all requests for services involving the External Auditor
are routed for review by the VP Risk Management and Chief Internal Auditor to validate
that the requested service is a non-prohibited service and to verify that there is a
compelling business reason for the request. If the request passes this review, it is then
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