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Board of Directors
TransCanada's Board of Directors are elected each year at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. There are currently 10 Board members.
The Hon. Paule Gauthier, P.C., O.C., O.Q., Q.C.
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![]() Russell K. Girling (President & CEO, TransCanada) Age: 50 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Director since 2010 Non-Independent |
Mr. Girling has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of TransCanada Corporation and TransCanada PipeLines Limited since July 1, 2010. Prior to his appointment, he served as Chief Operating Officer from July 17, 2009 to June 30, 2010 and President, Pipelines from June 1, 2006 until June 30, 2010. Previously, Mr. Girling served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development of TransCanada until May 31, 2006, and as Executive Vice-President, Power from 1995 until his appointment as Chief Financial Officer in 1999. Mr. Girling has held various other leadership positions since joining TransCanada in 1994. Prior to his employment with TransCanada, Mr. Girling held several marketing and management positions at Suncor Inc., Northridge Petroleum Marketing and Dome Petroleum. Mr. Girling was the 2012 City of Calgary and area Co-Chair of the United Way campaign. Mr. Girling is a member of Canadian Council of Chief Executives, U.S. National Petroleum Council and U.S. Business Roundtable. Mr. Girling has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Calgary. TransCanada Committee memberships
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TransCanada securities held For information relating to the securities held by Mr. Girling, see the disclosure under the Executive Profiles section in TransCanada's Management Information Circular dated February 11, 2013. |
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![]() Kevin E. Benson Age: 65 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Director since 2005 Independent |
Mr. Benson is a corporate director. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Laidlaw International, Inc. (transportation services) from June 2003 to October 2007, and Laidlaw, Inc. from September 2002 to June 2003. Mr. Benson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia from December 2001 until September 2002. He is a director of the Calgary Airport Authority. Mr. Benson is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and was a member of the South African Society of Chartered Accountants. TransCanada Committee memberships
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![]() Derek H. Burney, O.C. Age: 73 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Director since 2005 Independent |
Mr. Burney is a senior strategic advisor at Norton Rose Canada L.L.P. (law firm) and was Chair of Canwest Global Communications Corp. from August 2006 to October 2010. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CAE Inc. (technology) from October 1999 to August 2004, and was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada International Inc. (communications) from 1993 to 1999. Mr. Burney was the lead director at Shell Canada Limited (oil and gas) from April 2001 to May 2007. Mr. Burney held various positions with the Canadian Foreign Service, including serving from 1989 to 1993 as Canada's Ambassador to the United States. From 1987 to 1989, he was Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister and was directly involved in the negotiation of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. In 1992, Mr. Burney was awarded the Public Service of Canada's Outstanding Achievement Award. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1993. He is also a Visiting Professor and Senior Distinguished Fellow at Carleton University. Mr. Burney is the Chair of GardaWorld's International Advisory Board which position he has held since April 2008. He also became a member of the Paradigm Capital Inc. Advisory Board in May 2011 and a member of the Ottawa Hospital Board of Governors in November 2011. Mr. Burney was conferred Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Lakehead University, Queen's University, Wilfrid Laurier University, Carleton University and University of Windsor. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Queen's University. TransCanada Committee memberships
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![]() The Hon. Paule Gauthier, P.C., O.C., O.Q., Q.C. Age: 69 Québec, Québec, Canada Director since 2002 Independent |
Ms. Gauthier is a Senior Partner at Stein Monast L.L.P. (law firm). She has worked in the legal profession since 1967. In addition to public board directorships, Ms. Gauthier is also a director of the Fondation du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. She is a former Chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, a former President of the Fondation de la Maison Michel Sarrazin and a former director of the Institut Québecois des Hautes Études Internationales, Laval University. Ms. Gauthier was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991. Ms. Gauthier has a Bachelor of Arts from the Collège Jésus-Marie de Sillery, a Bachelor of Laws from Laval University, a Master of Laws in Business Law (Intellectual Property) from Laval University, and a Certificate for a session on mediation from Harvard Law School. TransCanada Committee memberships
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Ms. Reynolds has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of PreferWest, LLC (business advisory group) since October 2009. She serves as a director of Andarko Petroleum Corporation, Delta Air Lines, Inc. and BAE Systems plc. Ms. Reynolds served as Vice-Chair and Chief Restructuring Officer of American International Group Inc. (insurance and financial services) from October 2008 to September 2009 as part of the team that was appointed during the global financial crisis. Prior to that appointment, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Safeco Corporation (insurance) until its acquisition by Liberty Mutual Group in September 2008. She was also Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of AGL Resources Inc. (energy services holding company) from August 2000 to January 2006. Ms. Reynolds has held the roles of Chief Executive Officer and President and Chief Operating Officer of Atlanta Gas Light Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AGL Resources Inc. She also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Duke North America, a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corporation, and President of PanEnergy Power Services Inc. Prior to that she was Senior Vice-President of Pacific Gas Transmission Company (natural gas pipeline), a predecessor company of Gas Transmission Northwest LLC, a subsidiary of TransCanada. Ms. Reynolds has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with honours, from Wellesley College. TransCanada Committee memberships
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Ms. Salomone has been the Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) since January 2010. Prior to that, she served as Manager of Business Development from 2009 to 2010 and Manager of Strategic Acquisitions from 2008 to 2009 for Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. From 1998 through December 2007, Ms. Salomone served as an officer of Marine Mechanical Corporation, which B&W acquired in 2007, including her term as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2001 through 2007. Ms. Salomone serves on the Board of Directors of the Naval Submarine League and is a member of the Advisory Board for the School of Engineering at the University of Akron and the Advisory Board for the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at the Youngstown State University. She served on the Board of Directors of United States Enrichment Corporation from December 2011 to October 2012. She was formerly a member of the Governor's Workforce Policy Advisory Board in Ohio and the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, and served on the board of Cleveland's Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network. Ms. Salomone has a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Youngstown State University and a Master of Business Administration from Baldwin Wallace College. Ms. Salomone completed the Advanced Management Program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 2011. TransCanada Committee memberships
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![]() W. Thomas Stephens Age: 70 Greenwood Village, Colorado, U.S.A. Director since 2007 Independent |
Mr. Stephens is a corporate director. He served as a director of Boise Inc. from 2008 to April 2010 and was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boise Cascade, LLC (paper, forest products and timberland assets) from November 2004 to November 2008. Mr. Stephens served as President and Chief Executive Officer of MacMillan Bloedel Limited (forest products) from October 1997 to October 1999 and was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johns Manville Corporation (building products) from 1986 to 1996. He has worked in the forestry and building materials industry since 1956. Mr. Stephens has a Masters of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas.
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![]() D. Michael G. Stewart Age: 61 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Director since 2006 Independent |
Mr. Stewart is a corporate director. He was a director of C&C Energia Ltd. (oil and gas) from May 2010 to December 2012, a director of Orleans Energy Ltd. (oil and gas) from October 2008 to December 2010, a director of Pengrowth Corporation (administrator of Pengrowth Energy Trust) from October 2006 to December 2010, a director of Canadian Energy Services Inc. (general partner of Canadian Energy Services L.P.) from January 2006 to December 2009, Chairman and trustee of Esprit Energy Trust (oil and gas) from August 2004 to October 2006, and a director of Creststreet Power & Income General Partner Limited (general partner of Creststreet Power & Income Fund L.P.) (wind power) from December 2003 to February 2006. Mr Stewart held a number of senior executive positions with Westcoast Energy Inc. (energy infrastructure, services and utilities) from September 1993 to March 2002, including Executive Vice-President, Business Development. He has been active in the Canadian energy industry for over 39 years. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (non-practising). Mr. Stewart holds a Bachelor of Science (Geological Sciences) with First Class Honours from Queen's University. TransCanada Committee memberships
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Richard E. Waugh |
Mr. Waugh is Chief Executive Officer and a director of The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank). He worked in increasingly senior roles at Scotiabank since he began his career as a branch employee in 1970. Mr. Waugh is a member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. He serves as a director of the International Monetary Conference (IMC) and is the Vice-Chair of the board of the Institute of International Finance (IIF). Mr. Waugh is a member of the Council of the Americas and is on the Chairman's International Advisory Council for the Americas Society. Mr. Waugh serves as a director of Catalyst Inc. and is Chair of the Catalyst Canada Advisory Board. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Schulich School of Business at York University, the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University and the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. Mr. Waugh has long been active in several philanthropic organizations, including the United Way of Greater Toronto, where he was Campaign Chair in 2006. He is also a member of the board of the MS Society of Canada's Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation. Mr. Waugh is a director of St. Michael's Hospital and was Co-Chair of the hospital's campaign to build the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. Mr. Waugh holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Business Administration from York University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers and has been awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from York University and Assumption University. TransCanada Committee memberships
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