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MONTRÉAL, Dec. 4, 2019
/PRNewswire/ - CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) is pleased to
announce that Mr. George Cope will
be nominated for election to its Board of Directors at the
Company's next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on
January 29, 2020.
"We are honored that Mr. George
Cope has agreed to join our Board of Directors," said CGI
Founder and Executive Chairman, Serge
Godin. "As a highly respected visionary who has overseen
Bell's transformation into Canada's communications growth leader,
he will add tremendous value to CGI as we continue to expand our
business globally for the benefit of our clients, professionals,
and shareholders."
As President and Chief Executive Officer of BCE Inc. and
Bell Canada since July 2008, Mr. Cope re-energized the country's
largest communications company with a strategy of unparalleled
investment and innovation in broadband networks, services and
content. He successfully executed more than $15 billion in strategic investments and
acquisitions to strengthen Bell's competitive scale in wireless,
media, customer service and distribution.
He also led the launch of the Bell Let's Talk initiative in
2010, the largest-ever corporate commitment to Canadian mental
health and now one of the country's most prominent community
investment campaigns. Mr. Cope will retire as Bell's CEO on
January 5, 2020.
Mr. Cope has served in public-company chief executive roles in
the Canadian communications industry for more than 25 years. A
graduate of the Ivey School of Business at Western University, he has also received honorary
doctorates from Western, the University of
Windsor, Trent University and
Queen's University. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in
2014, named Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year in 2015, inducted
into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 2018, and recognized as
Canada's Corporate Citizen of the Year in 2019.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest
independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
With 77,500 consultants and other professionals across the globe,
CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from
strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration,
managed IT and business process services and intellectual property
solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship
model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients
digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results.
With Fiscal 2019 reported revenue of C$12.1
billion, CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the
NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
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SOURCE CGI Inc.