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Two of TELUS Corp.’s top executives are leaving the company: Chris Carty, executive VP of corporate strategy, has left the company, and an email to TELUS employees indicates that Mark Schnarr, executive VP of corporate development, will be leaving. The email also stated that the responsibilities of the two executives will be taken over by a team led by CFO Robert McFarlane. Richard DeLand French has been appointed as a full-time member designated VP chair of the CRTC. Rita A.P. Cugini has been named as full-time member and representative of the Ontario region of the CRTC. French is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and of the University of Oxford, and he has worked at senior management positions at Bell Canada from 1989 to 1995. He was VP and dean at Bombardier Transportation Leadership Centre in Berlin Germany from 2002 to 2003, and was president and CEO of Tata Communications Ltd. in Hyderabad, India from 1996 to 1999. He served as Quebec provincial communications minister from 1985 to 1988. Cugini has been associated with Alliance Atlantic Communications Inc. since 1996. From 1993 to 1996, she was VP and station manager of Telelatino Network Inc., and was director of diversity programming at CFMT-TV from 1989 to 1993. She has also served as a member of the board for Cable in the Classroom, and the Joint Societal Issues Committee at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. Bell Canada has several key executive changes since the departure of Michael Neuman as president of Bell Mobility and Bell Distribution Inc. He played a key role in the evolution of Bell Mobility, including spearheading the formation of a joint venture with British mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile, which is set to launch services early in March. He also championed the company’s foray into push-to-talk services. Robert Odendaal takes the reins at Bell Mobility in addition to the same position for Bell’s video services group. Alek Krstajic, formerly the chief marketing officer in the consumer group, will become president of Bell Mobility, responsible for delivering on the 2005 operating plan. Kevin Krull has been appointed as president of consumer solutions. He was most recently senior VP of enterprise wireless at AT&T in the United States. Ron Close has been chosen to head Bell Canada’s new VoIP unit. He is a former AT&T Canada executive with extensive telecommunications and Internet experience. Lastly, Gary Smith has been named president of Bell ExpressVu, a promotion from his previous position as senior VP of operations at the company. James Pattison has joined BCE Inc.’s board of directors. He will also serve on the boards of Bell Canada and Telesat Canada.

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News | March 2, 2005

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