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Harold H.
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Mr. MacKay has been the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation since 2007, and he also chairs our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. MacKay has served as Counsel to the law firm MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP in Regina, Saskatchewan since 2005 and, prior to that, he was a partner in MacPherson from 1969 to 2004. In his legal practice, Mr. MacKay represented natural resources and manufacturing companies in their commercial transactions and provided advice in relation to corporate structure and governance issues. Mr. MacKay chaired the Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector in 1997 and 1998 and subsequently served as the Clifford Clark policy advisor to the Department of Finance Canada. Since 2004, he has been a director of The Toronto-Dominion Bank and The Mosaic Company, a world producer and international marketer of crop nutrients. Mr. MacKay has been a director of several manufacturing, natural resources and financial services companies, including as chair of board governance committees. He has specific experience in the forest products industry, having served as a director of Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., and as an advisor to the International Committee of the Weyerhaeuser Company board. We believe Mr. MacKay’s legal expertise and knowledge of governmental and regulatory affairs, his work in respect of corporate governance, and his prior extensive board participation in a wide range of businesses have equipped him to play a leadership role on our Board. Mr. MacKay is also an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is 69 years old.
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Jack C.
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Mr. Bingleman has been a director of the Corporation and/or Domtar Inc. since 2005. He currently serves on our Audit Committee and on our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. In 1991, Mr. Bingleman founded and served as CEO of The Business Depot Ltd. until the company was acquired by Staples in 1994, following which he held a number of senior executive positions with Staples Inc., the world’s largest office products company culminating with his service as president of Staples International from 1997 to 2000. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Bingleman was president of Indian River Asset Management Inc., a private investing firm, and he currently is president and director of JCB Consulting, LLC, a private investing and consulting firm. Mr. Bingleman also has been a director and member of the Audit Committee of Tractor Supply Co. since 2006. Mr. Bingleman brings his extensive entrepreneurial, executive, financial and industry experience to our Board and the committees on which he serves. Mr. Bingleman is 67 years old.
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Louis P.
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Mr. Gignac has been a director of the Corporation and/or Domtar Inc. since 1995. He currently serves on our Audit Committee and on our Environmental, Health and Safety Committee. From 1986 to 2006, he served as president and CEO of Cambior Inc., an international mining and exploration company with operations, development projects and exploration activities in the Americas that was acquired by IAMGOLD Corporation in 2006. In addition to leading Cambior, Mr. Gignac has held senior management positions with Falconbridge Copper Corp, and Exxon Minerals Company. He is currently the president of G Mining Services Inc., a private mining consulting firm with international activities. Mr. Gignac is also chairman of the board of Andean Resources Ltd., Gaz Metro Inc. and St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. and a director of Franco-Nevada Corp. He also served as a director of Revett Minerals Ltd. from 2007 to 2009, and as a director of Cambior Inc. until 2006. We believe that Mr. Gignac’s extensive experience as chief executive officer of a natural resources company, together with his financial and risk management experience, and his knowledge of international issues qualify him as a member of our Board and the committees on which he serves. Mr. Gignac is also a member of the Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors. He is 59 years old.
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Brian M.
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Mr. Levitt has been a director of the Corporation and/or Domtar Inc. since 1997. Prior to the formation of the Corporation in March 2007, he was the Chairman of the Board of Domtar Inc. from 2004. From 1991 to 2000, Mr. Levitt was president and then chief executive officer of Imasco Limited, a public consumer products and services company. Mr. Levitt has been the co-chair of Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, a major Canadian law firm, since 2001. Mr. Levitt has served on boards of directors of public companies since 1987 and currently serves as a director of The Toronto-Dominion Bank and BCE Inc., where he is also the chair of the human resources and compensation committee. We believe that Mr. Levitt’s extensive experience as chief executive officer of a large public company, as a board member and as a legal advisor to boards of directors of various public companies, in addition to his experience with, and understanding of the workings of, financial markets, corporate governance practices and regulatory matters gained through more than 25 years of legal practice make him a valuable addition to our Board of Directors and the committees on which he serves. Mr. Levitt is 62 years old.
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W. Henson
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Mr. Moore has served on our Board since 2007. He is a member of our Audit Committee, and the Chairman of our Environmental, Health and Safety Committee. Since 2001, Mr. Moore has served on the Board of Directors of USEC Inc., a global energy company, where he has also been a member of the Audit Committee since 2006. He represented the Sixth District of Louisiana as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987. He was the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy from 1989 to 1992, and then Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff from 1992 to 1993. From 1995 to 2006, Mr. Moore was president and CEO of the American Forest & Paper Association, the national trade association of the forest products industry in the U.S., where he accumulated substantial experience and in-depth knowledge of relationships between the industry and various trade and regulatory agencies at the national and international levels. He also served as the first Chairman of the International Council of Forest Product Association. We believe that Mr. Moore’s significant experience and knowledge of government relations and policy-making, health & safety and environmental issues specific to our industry, and generally of the risks, challenges and opportunities of our industry, provide him with the ability to make significant contributions as a Director and member of the committees on which he serves. Mr. Moore is 70 years old.
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Michael R.
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Mr. Onustock has been a member of our Board since 2007, and currently serves as a member of our Human Resources Committee and our Environmental, Health and Safety Committee. Mr. Onustock spent his entire 43-year career in the pulp and paper industry, before retiring as senior vice president, pulp and white paper with Weyerhaeuser Company in 2004. During his tenure, Mr. Onustock was responsible for a number of pulp and paper facilities that were acquired by Domtar in 2007. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser in 2002, Mr. Onustock held a number of senior executive positions with Willamette Industries, Inc., including executive vice president, pulp and fine paper marketing from 1989 to 2002. We believe that Mr. Onustock’s in-depth knowledge and understanding of the products and markets of our business, and of the risks, challenges and opportunities of our industry allow him to contribute significantly to our Board and the committees on which he serves. Mr. Onustock is 70 years old.
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Robert J.
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Mr. Steacy has been a director of the Corporation and/or Domtar Inc. since 2005. He currently serves as a member of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and is the Chairman of our Audit Committee. He currently serves on the boards of directors of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Cineplex/Galaxy Income Trust, where he also chairs the Audit Committee. From 2005 to 2007, he was also a director of Alliance Atlantic Communications Inc. and of Somerset Entertainment Income Fund. In addition to having worked for Ernst & Young from 1973 to 1978 in their audit practice, Mr. Steacy has over 20 years of senior financial officer experience, including as vice president, finance and as executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Torstar Corporation, an international publisher and a major Canadian media company, from 1989 until his retirement in 2005. We believe that Mr. Steacy’s extensive financial expertise, as well as risk assessment and risk management experience uniquely qualify him as a member of our Board and the committees on which he serves, notably as the Chairman of our Audit Committee. Mr. Steacy is 60 years old.
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William C.
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Mr. Stivers has been a director of the Corporation since 2007. He currently serves on our Audit Committee and our Environmental, Health and Safety Committee. Since 2003, Mr. Stivers has served as a director of Minerals Technologies, Inc., a resource- and technology-based company that develops and produces performance-enhancing minerals, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products for the paper, steel, polymer and other manufacturing industries on a worldwide basis, and he currently chairs its audit committee. Mr. Stivers is a former director of Factory Mutual Insurance Company, where he chaired the Finance Committee and was a member of the audit committee, and a past member of Chase Manhattan Bank’s National Advisory Board. After joining Weyerhaeuser Company in 1970 as finance manager, Mr. Stivers held increasingly senior positions culminating with his appointment as senior vice president and chief financial officer in 1990 and later executive vice president until his retirement in 2003. Mr. Stivers’ extensive experience as chief financial officer of a predecessor company, as audit committee chairman of an industrial company, his in-depth knowledge and understanding of risk assessment and risk management in our industry, as well as his capital markets and financial expertise make him a valuable addition to our Board and the committees on which he serves. Mr. Stivers is a member of the Financial Executives Institute, and is 71 years old.
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Pamela B.
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Ms. Strobel has been a member of our Board of Directors since 2007 and currently serves on our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and on our Human Resources Committee. In 2005, Ms. Strobel retired as an Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Exelon Corporation, one of the largest U.S. electric utilities where she had the overall responsibility for the financial performance of the utility companies serving the Chicago and Philadelphia regions. During her tenure with Exelon and its predecessor companies, starting in 1993, Ms. Strobel served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer and as Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Edison Company, as an Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Unicom Corporation and Commonwealth Edison Company, as President of Exelon’s Business Services Company, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exelon Energy Delivery, the holding company for Exelon’s energy delivery business. Her various positions at Exelon required engaging with customers, regulators and legislators. Ms. Strobel was named as one of Fortune Magazine’s Top 50 Women in Business in 2002. She currently is a director of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. where she also serves as a member of the audit committee and compensation committee. We believe that Ms. Strobel’s extensive experience in senior executive positions and her indepth knowledge and understanding of the energy sector provide a unique contribution to our Board and the committees on which she serves. Ms. Strobel is 57 years old.
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Richard
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Mr. Tan has been a director of the Corporation since 2007 and currently serves on our Human Resources Committee and on our Environmental, Health and Safety Committee. Mr. Tan is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the paper and finance industries. He is the president of Pacific Millennium Holdings Corporation, and the founder and chief executive officer of various companies in the Pacific Millennium group. Under his leadership, Pacific Millennium occupied a major presence in the global pulp and paper markets, becoming one of the largest pulp and paper distributors in Asia. Pacific Millennium, through joint venture relationships with major international companies, built a number of box plants in Asia. Mr. Tan is also the chief executive officer of Stone Tan China Acquisition (Hong Kong) Company Limited, an investment company. Mr. Tan is a director of Samling Global Limited, an integrated forest resources and wood products company, whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Tan participates actively in public service. He is a member of the China National Political Consultative Committee, a member of the Anhui Province Political Consultative Committee, a business adviser of the Chongqing municipality, vice chairman of the Shanghai International Chamber of Commerce, and adviser of the Shanghai Modern Management Center. We believe that Mr. Tan’s business and entrepreneurial leadership, combined with his extensive indepth knowledge and understanding of the Asian, and particularly Chinese, pulp and paper industry and markets bring a unique contribution to our Board of Directors and the committees on which he serves. Mr. Tan is 54 years old.
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Denis
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Mr. Turcotte has been serving on our Board of Directors since 2007 and is currently a member of our Human Resources Committee. From 1997 to 2002, he held a number of senior executive positions with companies in the pulp and paper industry, including president of the paper group and executive vice president of corporate development and strategy of Tembec Inc., a leading integrated forest products company with operations in North America and France. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Turcotte was the president and CEO and a director of Algoma Steel Inc. Mr. Turcotte is currently president and CEO of a private business consulting and investing firm. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Brookfield Special Situations Funds. Mr. Turcotte brings to the Board and the committees on which he serves his extensive experience as a senior executive of capital intensive and commodity-based forest and steel industries. Mr. Turcotte is 48 years old.
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John D.
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Mr. Williams has been the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Corporation since joining Domtar on January 1, 2009. Mr. Williams served in senior executive positions for over eight years with SCA Packaging Ltd. and SCA Packaging Europe, Europe’s second largest producer of containerboard paper used for the manufacturing of corrugated box products, and served as President of SCA Packaging Europe, from 2005 to December 2008, where he assumed leadership over sales, marketing, finance, operations, manufacturing, distribution, supply chain and human resources. Prior to joining SCA Packaging, Mr. Williams held a number of increasingly senior positions in sales, marketing, management and operational roles, with Rexam PLC, Packaging Resources, Inc., Huhtamaki, Alberto Culver UK Ltd., and MARS Group. We believe that Mr. Williams’ extensive international experience in key leadership roles in our industry, combined with his in-depth knowledge and understanding of global risks, challenges and opportunities facing the pulp and paper industry, in addition to his outstanding leadership skills, are invaluable assets to our Board and our Company. Mr. Williams is 55 years old.
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