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Dick Auchinleck is a corporate director and Chair of the Board of TELUS Corporation.
He was Lead Director of TELUS from May 2014, to August 2015. He is also currently the
lead director of ConocoPhillips, an oil and gas company. Dick was employed by Gulf
Canada Resources Limited for 25 years, retiring in 2001 as President and Chief
Executive Officer after the sale of the company to Conoco Inc. Dick has a Bachelor of
Applied Science (Chemical Engineering) from the University of British Columbia.
Ray Chan is Chair of Baytex Energy Corp. (formerly Baytex Energy Trust). He was
Chief Financial Officer of Baytex from 1998 to 2003 and Chief Executive Officer until
2008, when he assumed the role of Executive Chair. In 2014, he became Chair of
Baytex in a non-executive capacity. Mr. Chan obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree
(with a major in accounting) from the University of Saskatchewan in 1977 and he
became a Chartered Accountant in 1980. Mr. Chan has served as CEO and CFO of
public companies for over 25 years and has served on public company boards, in most
instances chairing the audit committee, for over 15 years.
Lisa de Wilde is Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Educational Communications
Authority (TVO), a position she has held since 2005. Prior to joining TVO, Lisa was
President and CEO of Astral Television Networks. She holds a Bachelor of Arts
(Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws from McGill University. In 2015, Lisa was awarded an
Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Brandon University.
Rusty Goepel is Senior Vice-President of Raymond James Financial Ltd., an
investment firm, and brings with him many years of valuable experience in financial
markets. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia and
has 45 years of experience in the investment industry.
Mary Jo Haddad was the former President and CEO of The Hospital for Sick Children
(SickKids) in Toronto from 2004 to 2013. Prior to that, she held several leadership
positions at SickKids, including Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer,
and Chief Nurse Executive. Mary Jo has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the
University of Windsor, holds a Master of Health Science from the University of Toronto
and honorary doctorates from the University of Windsor, Ryerson University and
University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
Sabi Marwah retired as the Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank of
Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) in 2014, a position he held since 2008. As Vice Chairman,
Sabi was responsible for Scotiabank’s corporate financial and administrative functions
and was actively involved in developing the bank’s strategic plans and priorities. Sabi
joined Scotiabank as a Financial Analyst in 1979 and, during his career, held
successively more senior positions within the finance department, including Deputy
Comptroller, Senior Vice-President and Comptroller, and Executive Vice-President. He
was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 1998 and Senior Executive Vice-
President and CFO in 2002. Sabi holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from the
University of Calcutta, a Master of Economics from the University of Delhi and an MBA
(Finance) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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
TELUS’ Audit Committee. To enable this, we have implemented a process by which all