Marc A. Courtois

Montréal, Quebec

Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Member since: October 12, 2007
Independent

Member of all Committees

Marc A. Courtois holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia University and a master of business administration from the University of Western Ontario. He has more than twenty years of experience in capital markets. He has particular expertise in the areas of financing, mergers and corporate acquisitions. He worked for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. from 1980 to 2001. Mr. Courtois is an independent member of the Board of directors of TVA Group, GLV Inc. and the GBC North America Growth Fund Inc. He is also active in many charitable organizations and is a director of the McGill University Health Centre.

Deepak Chopra

North York, Ontario

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Member since: February 2011
Not an independent member being part of the Canada Post executive team (see notes at bottom of biographical notes)

Member of the Board of Directors

The President and CEO sits on the Board of Directors of Canada Post Corporation, and chairs the Strategy and Priorities Meeting, which manages the vision, strategies and priorities for Canada Post and the Canada Post Group of Companies, as well as the public policy framework targets set by the Government of Canada.

Denyse Chicoyne, CFA

Outremont, Quebec

Chairperson of the Pension Committee
Member since: May 12, 2005
Independent

Denyse Chicoyne, from Outremont, Quebec, provides the Board of Directors of Canada Post Corporation with solid analytical expertise in financial matters and retailing. During her more than twenty-year career at BMO Nesbitt Burns, Nesbitt Thomson, McNeil Mantha, Wood Gundy Securities and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, she has distinguished herself as a top ranked analyst by Canadian and US portfolio managers.

She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of DK Income Corporation where she sits on the Audit Committee, Purolator Holdings Ltd, as Chair of the Pension Committee and a member of the Audit Committee, Richelieu Hardware where she sits on the Audit Committee, and the TMX Group, as a member of the Finance and Audit, and Rules and Regulations Committees. Holder of a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from McGill University and of the designation Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute, Ms. Chicoyne is viewed as an opinion leader for the valuation of retail companies.

Thomas Cryer

Etobicoke, Ontario

Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Member since: October 12, 2007
Independent

Member of the Pension Committee

Thomas Cryer, Fellow Chartered Accountant, is a retired partner of Deloitte and Touche LLP and its former Chairman and chief executive officer. Some of Mr. Cryer's other professional activities have included involvement in various businesses and charitable organizations, such as the Canadian Council of CEOs, Canadian Mental Health, and St. John Ambulance. He is currently on a number of boards of directors including St. Michael's Hospital Foundation, Gennum Corporation and Skyservice Investments Inc. Mr. Cryer holds a bachelor of commerce from the University of British Columbia and was recognized, in Ontario, for his professional contributions by being designated as a Fellow Chartered Accountant.

A. Michel Lavigne

Montreal, Quebec

Member since July 30, 2008
Independent

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Pension Committee

A. Michel Lavigne is a corporate director and was, until May 2005, President and Chief Executive Officer of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton in Montréal, as well as Chairman of the Board of Grant Thornton Canada. He was also a member of the Board of Governors of Grant Thornton International. Mr. Lavigne is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec and a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1973. Michel Lavigne is a director of several companies such as the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Québecor Média, Groupe TVA Inc and he is the Chairman of Primary Energy Recycling Corporation and TeraXion Inc. Mr. Lavigne actively participates in various charitable and cultural organizations.

The Honourable Stewart McInnes, Q.C.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Member since: June 19th, 2009
Independent

Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Health and Safety Committee

Mr. McInnes was senior partner with McInnes Cooper in Halifax from 1961 to 1999. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1984 where he served in several key portfolios. He was involved in many organizations and institutions throughout Nova Scotia, covering a wide range of issues, including Dalhousie University, the United Way of Halifax, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Hearing and Speech Clinic and Tall Ships Nova Scotia. Since 1973, Mr. McInnes has actively participated in fundraising activities throughout the province. He is the recipient of both regional and national awards that pay tribute to his distinguished law career as well as his generous volunteer activities.

Siân M. Matthews

Calgary, Alberta

Chairperson of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Health and Safety Committee
Member since: August 23, 2007
Independent

Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee

Siân Matthews holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo, a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Ottawa and was called to the Alberta Bar in 1985. She is a tax lawyer and her practice focuses on personal tax planning, trusts, estate planning, charity law, wealth management and wealth preservation. Ms. Matthews has a national profile in the areas of tax planning, trust and charity law. She writes regularly for legal journals, and speaks at national and international conferences on tax law. She has been a sessional instructor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. Ms. Matthews also sits on the boards of the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, the Calgary Opera Association and Heritage Park Society.

Iris G. Petten

Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador

Member since: May 19, 2008
Independent

Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Health and Safety Committee

Ms. Petten earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1984 and a Bachelor of Vocational Education from the same university in 1997. She is a founding shareholder of Atlantic Harvesting Group and Grand Atlantic Seafoods. The latter became Ocean Choice International. She serves on the Board of Directors of Canship Ugland Inc. and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Fisheries and Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has also served as a member of the Easter Seals capital campaign committee.

William H. Sheffield

BSc., MBA, ICD.D
Vancouver, British Columbia
Chairperson Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Member since: August 23, 2006
Independent

Member of the Pension Committee

William (Bill) Sheffield holds a bachelor of science with honours in chemistry from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario and a Master's degree in Business Administration from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has completed an Advanced Management Program at INSEAD business school in France, and has graduated from the Institute of Corporate Directors’ governance college, earning the designation ICD.D. Mr. Sheffield has more than 20 years of senior management experience for major manufacturers and marketers in the private sector. He was formerly CEO of Sappi Fine Papers (UK, South Africa), Executive Vice-President of Abitibi Consolidated (Montréal), and started his career in the Canadian steel industry. In addition to Canada Post, he is currently a Board member of Ontario Power Generation (Toronto), Velan Inc. (Montréal, TSX), and Houston Wire & Cable (Houston, Texas, NASDAQ). He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (Canada) and the National Association of Corporate Directors (USA).

Donald Woodley

Mono, Ontario

Chairperson of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Member since: August 23, 2006
Independent

Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee

Donald Woodley is retired from his career in the Information Technology industry where he had more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, and general management. He was ranked 15th in the “Top 30 Canada’s IT Movers and Shakers” in Computing Canada Magazine in 2005. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Western Ontario (Richard Ivey School of Business). Mr. Woodley is a current Board member of TELUS Corporation Inc., and Steam Whistle Brewing Inc.

Among other board positions, he has in the past served as Chair of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada, Chair of the Canadian Arts Summit, Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee of the SickKids Hospital Foundation and Chair of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC).