Claude Mongeau and John David Watson have been appointed to Nortel’s board of directors. Mongeau has been the executive VP and CFO of Canadian National Railway Company since October 2000. He is also chairman of the audit committee and a member of the governance committee at SNCLavalin Group Inc. Watson was the executive VP and CFO of EnCana Corp. from its formation in 2002 until his retirement earlier this year. Prior to that he was the VP of finance and the CFO of Alberta Energy Company Ltd. Nortel also acknowledged the years of contribution and service by outgoing board directors Robert Brown, John Cleghorn, Robert Ingram and Ronald Osborne.

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