Canwest announces further changes to its board
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Ms. Asper, a lawyer, joined the Company in 1989, serving as General Counsel until 1998 and Corporate Secretary from 1990 to January 2008. Ms. Asper joined the Company’s Board of Directors in February 1992. Ms. Asper has also served for many years in leadership positions on numerous not-for-profit boards and charitable foundations including having served as President of the Canwest Global Foundation since it was established in 1997.
Ms. Asper is currently President of the Asper Foundation and is also National Campaign Chair for Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights which is spearheading the development of a new national museum in Winnipeg.
Mr. Asper, also a lawyer, joined the Company in 1992 and became a member of its Board of Directors in January 1997. During his time with Canwest, he held various positions at the Company and its subsidiaries, including Executive Vice-President of Canwest and Chairman of the National Post.
Mr. Asper is currently an Assistant Professor of Law at Robson Hall Law School at the University of Manitoba and is Executive Chairman of Creswin Properties Inc., which, among its business activities in North America, is working towards the construction of a new CFL football stadium and retail development in Winnipeg.
Ms. Pankratz, a chartered accountant, became a director of Canwest in April 2005 and also served as Chair of the Pension Committee and member of its Audit Committee.
Ms. Pankratz is President of Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management Ltd. and an advisor to the investment committees of Pacific Blue Cross and B.C. Life & Casualty Company. Ms. Pankratz is also a Trustee of the Board of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. ■