Annual report - About TELUS

Darren Entwistle > President and Chief Executive Officer, TELUS Corporation
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John Y. B. Chang > Executive Vice-President and President, Client Solutions
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“TELUS is on track to lead the Canadian communications industry. We are evolving at a very fast pace
because we understand that in this market, speed is of the essence and execution is everything.”
Darren assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of TELUS Corporation on July
10, 2000. He began his career at Bell Canada in 1988, progressing to hold senior finance positions
for Bell Canada International. He joined Mercury Communications in 1993 in the United Kingdom,
holding key positions in corporate finance and strategy. He then moved onto Cable & Wireless plc
as Merger Director and implemented the largest merger in U.K. history and the world’s first fourway
merger, involving cable and telecom companies. Later, he held various senior management
positions in Cable & Wireless Europe, including Director of IP Services, responsible for operations
in nine countries. Most recently, he was President, Cable & Wireless U.K. and Ireland. While in that
role, Darren led the global restructuring of the Cable and Wireless group. Darren holds an MBA in
finance from McGill University and a diploma in network engineering from the University of Toronto.
“I am part of a passionate and results-oriented team that is eager to take on the competition across
Canada and bring innovative solutions to large companies and organizations. We have an enormous
opportunity in front of us – an opportunity to expand and grow our business by answering our
customers’ demand for converged data, IP, voice, and wireless solutions. By acting quickly and with
focus, we can take full advantage of that opportunity to capture market share in Central Canada and
achieve tremendous growth.”
John joined ISM-BC, a TELUS subsidiary, in 1994. He has held executive positions in sales,
operations and applications management, including Vice-President, Advanced Business Application
Solutions. He was a key member of the ISM-BC executive team that oversaw the company’s rapid
evolution into Western Canada’s pre-eminent information technology services company. In his current
role, he leads a new division specializing in the design and provision of customized, integrated data,
IP, voice, and wireless solutions for Canada’s large business, corporate and private sector enterprises.
George Cope > President and Chief Executive Officer, TELUS Mobility
“I’m proud to support the team of more than 4,000 professionals across Canada that make up TELUS
Mobility, the fastest-growing and highest-revenue wireless communications company in the nation.
Uniting the wireless operations of TELUS, Clearnet and QuébecTel gives us the power to enhance our
leadership position in the Canadian wireless marketplace.”
Beginning in 1987, George served as President and CEO of Clearnet Communications Inc., which
was acquired by TELUS in a deal that closed October 20, 2000. Under his stewardship, Clearnet
became a public company, raised more than $3.2 billion in capital and launched two state-of-the-art
digital wireless networks. Today, he is responsible for overseeing the integration of the former
Clearnet organization and QuébecTel Mobilité with TELUS Mobility operations, and building on the
strength of the new TELUS Mobility as Canada’s leading national provider of wireless solutions.