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she's been the recipient of much acclaim.
If she were to, however, Odlum Brown
would have an opportunity to accom-
plish something that's been all too rare:
replace a female leader with another
female leader. Odlum's COO, Peter
Pacholko, is a man, but four of six vice-
presidents are women. As
is standard practice,
the company offers
no comment on
s u c c e s s i o n
possibilities.
TELUS
CORP.
Back in 2 014,
i t seemed t he
ques tion of who
would succeed Darren
Entwistle as CEO of Telus had been tidily
answered. Company veteran Joe Natale
was a popular choice as his replacement,
but after just 17 months, the company
announced that Natale would be leav-
ing the position due to being unable to
relocate to Vancouver from Toronto,
and Entwistle–who as execu-
tive chair of the board had
not abandoned day-to-
day involvemen t , in
any case–would return
to his old post. So, what
now? Entwistle is only
54, but he has confirmed
that he would still like
to follow through on
his stated intention of
returning to the U.K. and a
teaching position while also say-
ing that he is back at Telus for "the
long term." If a replacement is
needed sooner rather than later,
the name of David Fuller,
executive VP and presi-
dent of consumer and
business solutions, has
been floated in media
reports, but the company
has no comment.
BLACK PRESS
GROUP LTD.
David Black's Black Press publishes
more than 170 newspaper titles in two
provinces and four states, including the
San Francisco Examiner. Moreover, he's
the principal of Kitimat Clean Ltd., which
has proposed a $13.2-billion oil
refinery to refine bitumen arriv-
ing there via a future pipeline.
The 70-year-old says that a suc-
cession plan is in place but offers no
details other than "the Black family will
continue to own the business." Black has
four grown children: twins Alan and Fra-
ser, and daughters Morgan and Catherine.
Only Fraser is known to work with Black
Press, as an editorial consultant. •
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