EDMONTON,
April 23, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ -
David G. A. McLean, chairman of CN
(TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI), is pleased to announce today that the
Company's Board of Directors (Board) has appointed Robert Pace as its vice-chairman, effective
today.
Mr. Pace, upon successful election as a director at CN's Annual
Meeting of Shareholders in April
2014, will become chairman after Mr. McLean reaches the
Board's retirement age of 75 next year. As vice-chairman, Mr. Pace
will work with Mr. McLean over the coming months to ensure a smooth
succession.
Mr. Pace, who joined the Board in 1994 when he chaired the CN
audit committee and then the human resources and compensation
committee, is president and chief executive officer of The Pace
Group Ltd., based in Halifax,
N.S., which is engaged in radio broadcasting, real estate and
environmental services.
Mr. Pace began his career as a lawyer in Halifax and worked as Atlantic Canada Advisor
to the Prime Minister of Canada.
He is a director of High Liner Foods Incorporated and Hydro One
Inc., and is also chairman of the Walter Gordon Foundation and
former director of the Asia
Pacific Foundation and the Atlantic Salmon Federation.
Mr. Pace holds a master of business administration and bachelor
of law degrees from Dalhousie
University in Halifax.
CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway
subsidiaries - spans Canada and
mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the
Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports
of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New
Orleans, and Mobile, Ala.,
and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis.,
Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points
in North America. For more
information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN