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Gail Cook-Bennett is Chairperson of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board a Crown corporation that invests the reserve fund of the Canada Pension Plan. Dr. Cook-Bennett holds a BA (Honours) from Carleton University and a PhD (Economics) from the University of Michigan. She has been a professor at the University of Toronto a director of the Bank of Canada a member of the Canadian Group of the Trilateral Commission and an active volunteer in several organizations. She holds a Doctor of Laws Degree (honoris causa) from Carleton University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Dr. Cook-Bennett has extensive experience as a corporate director chairing audit and pension committees and serving on executive investment finance governance and compensation committees. Dr. Cook-Bennett also serves as a Director of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Emera Inc. and Petro-Canada. In the past five years Dr. Cook-Bennett served as a director of the Transcontinental Inc. Dr. Cook-Bennett is a member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee. | 