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   ABOUT US: Board of Directors

Our Board represents the interests of all Loblaw stakeholders.  Through its oversight of the management of the Company and its affairs, the Board actively demonstrates Loblaw’s commitment to the principles of transparency, accountability and sound corporate governance.

Galen G. Weston, B.A., M.B.A.1*
Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited; Former Senior Vice President, Loblaw Companies Limited; Director, Wittington Investments, Limited; Former Director, George Weston Limited.

Allan L. Leighton1
Deputy Chairman and President, Loblaw Companies Limited; Deputy Chairman, George Weston Limited, Selfridges & Co. Ltd.; Former Chairman, Royal Mail Group (U.K. Postal Service); Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart Europe; Former Chief Executive, Asda Stores Ltd; Director, George Weston Limited, Selfridges & Co. Ltd., Brown Thomas Group Limited, BskyB plc and Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited.

Stephen E. Bachand, B.A., M.B.A.3
Corporate Director; Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited; Director, Harris Financial Corp, a subsidiary of Bank of Montreal; Former Director, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc., George Weston Limited and Bank of Montreal; Former Member, Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children.

Paul M. Beeston, C.M., B.A., F.C.A.2, 3
President and Chief Executive Officer of Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Team; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Major League Baseball; Director, President’s ChoiceBank; Gluskin Sheff & Associates Inc.; Chairman, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Gordon A.M. Currie, B.A., LL.B.4
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the Corporation and George Weston Limited; Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Direct Energy; Former Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.

Anthony S. Fell, O.C.3*, 4*
Corporate Director; Former Chairman, RBC Capital Markets Inc.; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, RBC Dominion Securities; Former Deputy Chairman, Royal Bank of Canada; Former Chairman, Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada; Director, Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund, BCE Inc., CAE Inc.

Anthony R. Graham1, 3, 4
President and Director, Wittington Investments, Limited; President and Chief Executive Officer, Sumarria Inc.; Former Vice-Chairman and Director, National Bank Financial; Former Senior Executive Vice-President and Managing Director, Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc.; Chairman and Director, President’s Choice Bank; Director, George Weston Limited, Brown Thomas Group Limited, Graymont Limited, Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited, Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, Selfridges & Co. Ltd., Grupo Calidra, Victoria Square Ventures Inc.

John S. Lacey, B.A.
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Tricap Restructuring Fund; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, The Oshawa Group (now part of Sobeys Inc.); Director, George Weston Limited, TELUS Corporation, Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.; Consultant to the Chairman of the Board of George Weston Limited.

Nancy H.O. Lockhart, O. ONT.3, 5*
Chief Administrative Officer, Frum Development Group; Former Vice President, Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation; Former Chair, Canadian Film Centre, Ontario Science Centre; Former President, Canadian Club of Toronto; Director, Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation, The Stratford Chefs School.

Pierre Michaud, C.M.5
President and Director, Capital GVR Inc.; Founder, Réno-Dépôt Inc.; Former Vice Chairman, Laurentian Bank of Canada; Former Director and Past Chairman, Provigo Inc.; Former Director, Gaz Métro Limited Partnership; Director, Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Capital GVR Inc.

Thomas C. O’Neill, B. COMM., F.C.A.2*
Corporate Director; Chairman, BCE Inc.; Retired Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting; Former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Director, Adecco S.A., Nexen Inc., BCE Inc., St. Michael’s Hospital, The Bank of Nova Scotia; Member of External Audit Committee of the International Monetary Fund; Former Vice Chair, Board of Governors, Queen’s University. Past Member, Advisory Council at Queen’s University School of Business.

Karen Radford, B.SC., M.B.A.5
Executive Vice President and President, TELUS Business Solutions; Special Adviser, Youth in Motion; Member, Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation; President and Co-Founder, Women’s Leadership Foundation.

John D. Wetmore, B. MATH.2, 4
Corporate Director; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM Canada; Retired Vice President, Contact Centre Development, IBM Americas; Director, Research In Motion Ltd.

Notes

  1. Executive Committee
  2. Audit Committee
  3. Governance, Employee Development,
    Nominating and Compensation Committee
  4. Pension Committee
  5. Environmental, Health and Safety Committee

*Chair of the Committee



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