MONTREAL, Sept. 18, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin
(TSX: SNC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Charlene A. Ripley to the role of Executive
Vice-President and General Counsel, effective October 15, 2019. Based in Montreal, Charlene will report to Ian L. Edwards, Interim President and CEO, and
join the Executive Committee.
Prior to joining SNC-Lavalin, Ms. Ripley led her team at
Goldcorp Inc. as the Executive Vice-President and General Counsel
for six years. In her role, she was responsible for developing and
implementing a company-wide anti-bribery compliance program. She
also led the legal, ethics and compliance, human resources and
internal audit departments.
"I would like to welcome Charlene on board and wish her well as
we embrace our journey to excellence across all our businesses,"
said Ian L. Edwards, Interim
President and CEO, SNC-Lavalin. "Her proven track record speaks for
itself, her experience will be invaluable for SNC-Lavalin as we
continue our path to deliver on our new strategic direction."
Ms. Ripley has won many awards including the 2018 Business in
Vancouver Influential Women in Business Award, the 2017 Expert
Zenith Award for Diversity Celebrating Women in Law, and the
Women's Executive Network Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100
award in 2016 and 2015.
Hartland J.A. Paterson
Since joining SNC-Lavalin in 2015, Mr. Paterson reorganized
the Legal function and drove several important successes
and changes. For example, he brought the Legal and Integrity
functions into close collaboration and ensured that there was a
greater focus on gender equality. He also provided valuable support
on various acquisitions and joint ventures, alongside other
corporate transactions over the past four years. He will retire on
December 30, 2019.
"I would like to thank Hartland for his considerable efforts and
input over the last four years and wish him all the best for the
future," concluded Ian L. Edwards.
"His contributions to SNC-Lavalin will surely be remembered."
About SNC-Lavalin
Founded in 1911,
SNC-Lavalin is a global fully integrated professional services and
project management company and a major player in the ownership of
infrastructure. From offices around the world, SNC-Lavalin's
employees think beyond engineering. Our teams provide comprehensive
end-to-end project solutions – including capital investment,
consulting, design, engineering, construction management,
sustaining capital and operations and maintenance – to clients
across the EDPM (engineering, design and project management),
Infrastructure, Nuclear, and Resources businesses.
www.snclavalin.com
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