Darren Entwistle joined TELUS in 2000 as President and CEO, becoming the longest-serving CEO amongst incumbent telecommunication companies worldwide. Under Darren’s leadership, TELUS has evolved from a regional telephone company serving Western Canada into a national data and wireless leader. Notably, since the beginning of 2000 through to early 2017, TELUS has generated a total shareholder return of
373 per cent. During this same timeframe, the TELUS brand has increased in value from a few hundred million dollars to $4.7 billion today and is ranked #1 for brand reputation by Leger Marketing.
Darren believes passionately that TELUS’ greatest asset is the nearly 50,000 talented individuals around the globe who comprise the TELUS team. This incredible level of engagement led to TELUS earning the distinction of being the sixth company ever inducted into the 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures Hall of Fame by Waterstone Human Capital. Moreover, TELUS is the only organization to be inducted into the BEST of the Best Hall of Fame by the Association for Talent Development in recognition of its global excellence in learning and development.
In recognition of Darren’s exemplary contributions to the community and to Canada as a whole, in 2003 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and in 2012 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. In 2015, Darren received the President’s Award from the Institute for Performance and Development and in 2012 he was presented with the inaugural Innovator of the Year award from the Ontario Science Centre in honour of his contributions to innovation in science. Darren’s achievements have earned him several national and international awards in business, education and philanthropy.
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Donald E. Clow has been President and CEO of Crombie REIT since 2009. Crombie REIT is a Real Estate Investment Trust that invests in real estate that enriches local communities and enables long-term sustainable growth. As one of the country’s leading owners, operators, and developers of quality real estate, Crombie’s portfolio primarily includes grocery-anchored retail, retail-related industrial, and mixed-use residential properties in Canada’s top urban and suburban markets. Crombie currently owns a portfolio of 290 income-producing properties comprising approximately 18.3 million square feet with a fair value of approximately $5.9 billion and a market capitalization of approximately $2.6 billion. Additionally, Crombie has a mixed-use development pipeline of approximately $5.0 to $6.8 billion. Crombie’s culture is upheld by employee-defined guiding values: care passionately, outperform expectations, embody integrity, deliver excellence together, and empower one another. This culture and committed team have resulted in several annual Top Small and Medium Employer awards in the last five years.
Prior to joining Crombie REIT, Mr. Clow held the position of President, ECL Developments Ltd, the real estate development subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd. Before Empire he was President of Southwest Properties Ltd., a residential and commercial real estate development company in Halifax.
Mr. Clow graduated from Acadia University with a BBA, earned his CA designation with KPMG and was designated a Fellow Chartered Accountant in 2002. In addition to leadership programs at the Harvard Business School and the Ivey School of Business, he is a graduate of the DEP at the Rotman School of Business and a member of WPO, CEO and the Business Council of Canada. Mr. Clow has been inducted into Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs Hall of Fame. Mr. Clow was a member of Acadia University’s Board of Governors from 2012 to 2021 and is a Director on the Board of the QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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