Quebecor Inc. Announces Appointment of Francoise Bertrand as Chair of the Board
March 21 2011 - 9:01AM
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Quebecor Inc. (TSX: QBR.A)(TSX: QBR.B) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Francoise Bertrand to the position of Chair of its
Board of Directors. Ms. Bertrand has been a member of the Board
since 2003. She is also Chair of the Compensation Committee and a
member of the Corporate Governance Committee. The appointment is
effective immediately.
"A consensus quickly emerged around Francoise as the new Chair
of Quebecor's Board," said the Vice Chairman of the Board, the
Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, P.C, C.C., LL.D. "She has an
exceptional track record and strong moral authority. Francoise has
already demonstrated a tremendous capacity to work very
productively with the other members of the Board and with the
Company's senior management."
Francoise Bertrand is President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Federation des chambres de commerce du Quebec (FCCQ). She
previously distinguished herself as Chairperson of the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and Chief
Executive Officer of the Societe de radio-television du Quebec
(Radio-Quebec). She also served as Dean, Resource Management, of
Universite du Quebec a Montreal. She sits on numerous charitable
committees and is active in many associations.
The Company
Quebecor Inc. (TSX: QBR.A)(TSX: QBR.B) is a holding company with
a 54.7% interest in Quebecor Media Inc., one of Canada's largest
media groups with more than 16,000 employees. Quebecor Media Inc.
owns operating companies in numerous media-related businesses:
Videotron Ltd., an integrated communications company engaged in
cable television, interactive multimedia development, Internet
access services, cable telephone service and mobile telephone
service; Sun Media Corporation, the largest publisher of newspapers
in Canada; Canoe Inc., operator of a network of English- and
French-language Internet properties in Canada; TVA Group Inc.,
operator of the largest French-language over-the-air television
network in Quebec, a number of specialty channels, and the
English-language over-the-air station Sun TV; Nurun Inc., a major
interactive technologies and communications agency with offices in
Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia; magazine publisher TVA
Publishing Inc.; book publishers and distributors Sogides Group
Inc. and CEC Publishing Inc.; Archambault Group Inc. and TVA Films,
companies engaged in the production, distribution and retailing of
entertainment products; Le SuperClub Videotron ltee, which rents
and retails DVDs, Blu-ray discs and console games; and Quebecor
MediaPagestm, a publisher of print and online directories.
Contacts: Quebecor Media Inc. J. Serge Sasseville Vice
President, Corporate and Institutional Affairs 514-380-1864
serge.sasseville@quebecor.com
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