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Air Canada Announces New Appointment to Board of Directors
MONTREAL, Nov. 14, 2012, 2012 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) --
Air Canada today announced the
appointment of Annette Verschuren, O.C. to the Board of Directors of
Air Canada.
Ms. Verschuren is the past president of The Home Depot Canada where she
oversaw the company's growth from 19 to 180 Canadian stores and led its
entry into China. Prior to joining The Home Depot, Ms. Vershuren was
president and co-owner of Michaels of Canada, a chain of arts and craft
stores. She is currently Chair and CEO of NRstor Inc., a new venture
focused on commercializing energy storage technologies.
Ms. Verschuren is a board member of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, a
Boston, Massachusetts-based insurance company, the North West Company,
a retailer in remote communities across various countries including
Canada and Icynene, a manufacturing supplier to the construction
industry. She serves as Chancellor of Cape Breton University and is a
board member of numerous non-profit organizations including the CAMH
Foundation, the Conference Board of Canada and Habitat for Humanity's
national leadership council.
The appointment is effective immediately and will bring the total number
of board members to ten.
Air Canada is Canada's largest domestic and international airline
serving more than 175 destinations on five continents. Canada's flag
carrier is the 15th largest commercial airline in the world and in 2011
served more than 33 million customers. Air Canada provides scheduled
passenger service directly to59 Canadian cities, 56 destinations in
the United States and63 cities in Europe, the Middle East, Asia,
Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America. Air Canada is a
founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air
transportation network serving 1,356 destinations in193 countries. In
2012, Air Canada was ranked Best International Airline in North America
in a worldwide survey of more than 18 million airline passengers
conducted by independent research firm Skytrax.
SOURCE: AIR CANADA
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SOURCE: AIR CANADA
SOURCE: AIR CANADA - CORPORATE - FINANCE
Isabelle Arthur (Montreal)(514) 422-5788 Peter Fitzpatrick (Toronto)(416) 263-5576
Angela Mah (Vancouver)(604) 270-5741 Internet:aircanada.com
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