Calgary, AB, Canada - July 22, 2015, Calgary, AB, Canada - Canadian Pacific Railway Limited announced that Andrew F. Reardon has been unanimously elected chairman of the board.
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Mr. Reardon was an attorney at the law firm of Reardon & Chasar, LPA, which he co-founded in 2009 until he retired in December 2011.
Prior to that, Mr. Reardon served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and President and Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2008, and Vice President, Law and Human Resources from 1992 to 2000 of TTX Company, the leading railcar leasing company in North America.
Previously, he was a Presidential Appointee to the Railroad Retirement Board and was the Senior Vice President, Law and Administration for Illinois Central Railroad. He is currently a director of Appvion Inc. where he serves on the Compensation Committee and chairs the Governance Committee.
Mr. Reardon was a Presidential Appointee confirmed by the US Senate from 1990-1992. He has also served on various railroad industry boards including TTX, Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, and the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway.
Mr. Reardon holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Cincinnati and a Master’s Degree in Taxation from Washington University Law School. He served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1967 to 1971.
Gary F. Colter and Krystyna T. Hoeg tendered their resignations from the Board and the Board unanimously accepted those resignations.
The Board unanimously appointed Anthony R. Melman Chairman of the Finance Committee, replacing Mr. Reardon, and Rebecca MacDonald Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, replacing Ms. Hoeg.
Dr. Melman is the President and CEO of Acasta Capital. Previously, Dr. Melman was a Managing Director and a Special Advisor, Strategic Acquisitions at Onex Corporation. Prior to joining Onex, he served as Senior Vice-President of CIBC.
Dr. Melman was Chair of The Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, from 2006 – 2011, and is presently Executive Chair of Baycrest Global Solutions. He was also Chair of Cogniciti Inc. Dr. Melman served as a director at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, and a director of Celestica Inc., ProSource Inc. and the University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation.
Dr. Melman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, an M.B.A. degree (Gold Medalist) from the University of Cape Town and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Ms. MacDonald is a founder and current Executive Chair of Just Energy Group Inc., a Toronto-based independent marketer of deregulated gas and electricity. Ms. MacDonald has been a director of Just Energy since 2001 and has held the position of Executive Chair since 2007.
She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Just Energy prior to becoming Executive Chair in 2007. In 1989, Ms. MacDonald founded Energy Marketing Inc., and in 1995 founded another company which aggregated customers within the U.K. natural gas deregulation.
Ms. MacDonald is a member of the Board of Governors of the Royal Ontario Museum and a member of the Board of the Horatio Alger Association in both Canada and the United States. She founded the Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. ■