George Cope

Chair of the Board: since March 31, 2020

Has chief executive officer experience and brings more than 25 years of public company experience in the Canadian communications industry, earning a reputation as an innovative operational and financial strategist and leader of high- performance teams.

Independent Director: since 2006

Residence: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Board Committees

Member of the:

• Governance and Nominating Committee
• Human Resources Committee

Business Experience

President and Chief Executive Officer of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada (2008 to 2020)

Areas of Expertise

Executive leadership / Strategic planning / Mergers and acquisitions / Public policy

Other public company boards (over the last five years)

• CGI Inc. (since January 2020, lead director since February 2022) (Corporate Governance Committee, Human Resources Committee)

Service and recognition

• Recognized as Report on Business CEO of the Year and Corporate Citizen Award (2019)
• Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year (2015)
• Appointed to the Order of Canada (2014)
• Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), University of Western Ontario (2012)

Education

• H.B.A., Ivey Business School, Western University
• Honorary doctorate degrees (University of Windsor, Trent University and Queen’s University)