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Since 2006, Mr. Burney has been the Chairman of CanWest Global Communications Corp., an international media company with interests in broadcast television, publications, radio, specialty cable channels, out-of-home advertising and interactive operations in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Also in 2006, Mr. Burney was appointed as Senior Strategic Advisor to Ogilvy Renault LLP, a full service law firm with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and London, United Kingdom. Mr. Burney assists clients in dealing with cross-border and domestic issues as well as trade and investment policy matters.
Derek H. Burney, O.C.
Age: 67
Ottawa, Ontario
Since 2004, Mr. Burney has been the Chairman of New Brunswick Power Corporation, a Crown Corporation with the legislated mission to provide for the electricity needs of the Province of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Power Corporation is the largest electric utility in Atlantic Canada.
From 1999 to 2004 Mr. Burney served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CAE Inc., the world’s premier provider of simulation and control technologies for training and optimization solutions for the aerospace and defense sectors.
He is Chairman of the Confederation College Foundation, a Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute and a Visiting Professor and Senior Distinguished Fellow of Carleton University. Mr. Burney also serves as a director of TransCanada Corporation and TransCanada Pipelines Limited. | 