Category Archives: The Director’s Chair

Dominic Barton: On fast bucks and real value

In The Director’s Chair with David W. Anderson: Dominic Barton, global managing director of McKinsey & Co., sounds the alarm for Western business leaders, markets and investors: lose the short-term bias or lose the race
 April 15th, 2013

Dominic Barton grew up on Canada’s west coast and, a couple of decades later, made his way to the top job at global consulting giant McKinsey & Co. via postings in Seoul and then Shanghai. So it’s no surprise to … Continue reading →

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Hugh Bolton: The bottom line on oversight

In The Director’s Chair with David W. Anderson: Hugh Bolton, former top accountant, now top chair and director, says directors on resource sector boards must dig for answers to really know the business they’re in
 February 25th, 2013

Hugh Bolton had a sterling career as a chartered accountant, culminating in his role as head of Coopers & Lybrand Canada in the 1990s. The insights gained in that arena have also served him exceedingly well in his second career … Continue reading →

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Jalynn Bennett: Master class

In The Director’s Chair with David W. Anderson: Jalynn Bennett, veteran executive, chair and director, has an array of insights and advice for boards grappling with risk, driving growth or boosting their effectiveness
 December 18th, 2012

There’s deep, and then there’s Jalynn Bennett deep. A senior executive, director and chair multiple times over; a veteran of private boards, public boards, crowns, nonprofits, panels and committees; and a champion for women in business and boardroom diversity, Bennett … Continue reading →

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Peter Dey: Let directors direct

In The Director’s Chair with David W. Anderson: Peter Dey, Canada’s preeminent governance guru, discusses the primacy of board accountability and its continuing role in driving good governance, board improvement and productive owner-board relations
 September 20th, 2012

No single Canadian can take more credit for being a catalyst of improved corporate governance and board reform than Peter Dey. Today, Dey is chair of Toronto-based investment dealer Paradigm Capital and an active adviser on governance to global bodies … Continue reading →

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Annette Verschuren: The compleat director

In The Director’s Chair with David W. Anderson: Annette Verschuren, former president of Home Depot Canada and Asia, says today’s best directors are equally successful in the boardroom and in the community
 June 17th, 2012

Annette Verschuren is a highly regarded CEO, chair and director who served as president of Home Depot Canada and Asia for 15 years through 2011. Her primary role today is chair and CEO of NRStor Inc., an energy storage company. … Continue reading →

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Robert L. Crandall: The board as wingman

In The Director’s Chair with David W. Anderson: Robert L. Crandall, chair of Celestica Inc. and former CEO and chair of AMR Corp. and American Airlines, shares some strong thoughts on CEOs and boards working closer together
 March 15th, 2012

Robert Crandall is best known globally for being the CEO and chair of AMR Corp. and American Airlines Inc. through much of the 1980s and ’90s. He played a central role in making American the leading innovator in the industry … Continue reading →

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Charles Sirois: The ownership imperative

In The Director’s Chair, with David W. Anderson: Charles Sirois, veteran telecom CEO and CIBC chair, talks accountability, short-term thinking and what’s needed most to restore the fortunes of Western capitalism
 January 3rd, 2012

A fixture in the Canadian telecommunications industry, Charles Sirois has led a leading global carrier, two of Canada’s top wireless companies and financed many more through his private capital fund. Sirois is also a long-time director, chair on multiple boards … Continue reading →

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Carol Stephenson: Risk, reward, repeat

In The Director's Chair, with David W. Anderson: In an era when women presidents, CEOs, chairs, corporate directors and business deans are still the exception, Carol Stephenson has excelled in all five roles
 October 7th, 2011

It’s fitting that Carol Stephenson is dean of the Richard Ivey School of Business, for her multifaceted career is a case study in the value of lifelong learning, peer interaction and the power of strong leadership. In addition to her … Continue reading →

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Purdy Crawford: Fifty years of fresh air

In The Director's Chair with David W. Anderson: The unifying theme of Purdy Crawford's career has been a dedication to progress, renewal and moving the ball forward
 June 25th, 2011

Few have made a greater mark on Canada’s regulatory and business landscape than Purdy Crawford. From early in his career when he helped draft Ontario’s securities laws, to his recent role in unlocking the asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) imbroglio, Crawford … Continue reading →

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William Dimma: 100 boards! (and counting)

In The Director's Chair with David W. Anderson: If the Guinness Book of World Records included a category for most directorships, we'd nominate William Dimma. The common thread? His faith in free enterprise
 March 25th, 2011

It’s hard to imagine anyone with more to teach you than William Dimma. Chair, director, president, he’s done it all, exceptionally well, dozens of times over. In this instalment of The Director’s Chair, governance expert and Listed contributing editor David … Continue reading →

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Steve Snyder: Behind every successful board…

In The Director's Chair with David W. Anderson: According to Steve Snyder, it's where you'll find a hard-working, bridge-building CEO who does all he or she can to keep their co-directors engaged and informed
 December 25th, 2010

Veteran energy executive and corporate director Steve Snyder has been president and CEO of TransAlta Corp., Canada’s largest investor-owned wholesale electricity generator and power marketer, since 1996. In this instalment of The Director’s Chair, a dialogue feature led by governance expert … Continue reading →

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Richard Haskayne: Getting to yes. Or no

In The Director's Chair with David W. Anderson: After 30 years of service, Richard Haskayne knows a thing or two about being a director, running a board and making good decisions
 September 15th, 2010

The Director’s Chair, a special dialogue feature with noted Canadian directors by governance expert and leadership advisor David W. Anderson, will appear in every issue of Listed. For his first instalment, Anderson traveled to Calgary to interview Richard Haskayne, illustrious … Continue reading →

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