Richard Currie
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Richard James Currie (born 1937) is a Canadian businessman.
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemistry degree from the Technical University of Nova Scotia in 1960 and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard University in 1970.
In 1960, he joined Atlantic Sugar Refineries as a Process Engineer and was a Refining Superintendent from 1963 to 1968. In 1970, he became a Senior Associate at McKinsey & Co. In 1972, he joined Loblaws as a Vice-President, becoming Executive Vice-President in 1974, and President in 1976. In 1996, he was appointed President of Loblaws parent company, George Weston Ltd. and in 2002 was appointed Chairman of BCE Inc.
In 2003, he was appointed Chancellor of the University of New Brunswick.
He currently sits on the board of directors of Bell Canada Enterprises, CAE, and Petro-Canada.
In 1997, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 2004.
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| Corporate Directors: Richard Currie | André Bérard | Ronald Brenneman | Anthony Fell | Donna Kaufman | Brian Levitt | Edward Lumley | Judith Maxwell | John McArthur | Thomas O'Neill | Jim Pattison | Robert Pozen | Michael Sabia | Paul Tellier | Victor Young |
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Television Assets: ASN | CTV | TQS | ARTV | CTV Newsnet | CTV Travel | The Comedy Network | RoBTV | MTV Canada | Animal Planet Canada | Discovery Channel Canada | Discovery Civilization Channel | Viewers Choice Canada | OLN Canada | NHL Network | ESPN Classic Canada | RIS | RDS | TSN Television Stations: CFCF | CFCN | CFQC | CFRN | CFTO | CHBX | CICC | CICI | CIPA | CITO | CIVT | CJCB | CJCH | CJOH | CKCK | CKCO | CKCW | CKLT | CKNY | CKY Newspapers: The Globe and Mail Other Assets: Bell ExpressVu | Bell Globemedia | Bell Mobility | Bell Sympatico | Telesat Canada |
| CAE Inc. |
| Corporate Directors: Brian Barents | Robert E. Brown | Richard Currie | Anthony Fell | James A. Grant | Randolph Jayne | John A. Craig | Garfield Emerson | Paul Gagn | James Hankinson | James McCutcheon | Lawrence Stevenson |
| Annual Revenue: .01 billion CAN ( 2% FY 2005) | Employees: 5,500 | Stock Symbols: TSX: [CAE] NYSE: [CGT] | Website: [www.cae.com] |
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