BC Telecom and Telus Announce Senior Executive Team.BURNABY, British Columbia/EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nov. 2, 1998-- BC Telecom(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :BCT BCT Brigade Combat Team BCT Basic Combat Training BCT Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (EPA) BCT Business Cards Tomorrow BCT Banque Centrale de Tunisie (Central Bank of Tunisia) .) (ME:BCT.) (VSE See DOS/VSE. VSE - Virtual Storage Extended :BCT.) BC TELECOM Inc. (TSE: BCT) and TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor Corporation (TSE: T) today announced the senior executive team of their merged company, BCT.TELUS Communications Inc. The team was selected by a committee of the boards of directors of BC TELECOM and TELUS and George Petty George Brown Petty IV (27 April 1894 – 21 July 1975) was an American pin-up artist. His pin-up art appeared primarily in Esquire and Fawcett Publications's True but was also in calendars marketed by Esquire, True and Ridgid Tool Company. , president and chief executive officer designate Officer Designate (OF(D)) is a term used in the NATO rank scale, and comes below OF-1. Ranks designated as OF(D) include:
The new executive team is made up of eight members, four from BC TELECOM and four from TELUS. In addition to George Petty, they are: - George Addy - executive vice-president and chief general counsel; currently executive vice-president and chief general counsel, TELUS - Gary Goertz - executive vice-president, Finance and chief financial officer; currently executive vice-president, Finance and chief financial officer, TELUS - Jim Grey - executive vice-president and president, Advanced Communications; currently vice-president and general manager, BC TEL TEL Telephone TEL Telegram TEL Telugu (langauge) TEL Terrorist Exclusion List TEL Technology-Enhanced Learning TEL Transporter-Erector-Launcher TEL Tetra-Ethyl Lead TEL Team Deutsche Telekom Advanced Communications - Ian Mansfield - executive vice-president and president, Wireline Communications; currently BC TELECOM senior vice-president, Strategic Business Development - Jim Peters- executive vice-president, Corporate Development and Emerging Businesses; currently BC TELECOM vice-president, Mergers and Acquisitions - Paul Smith -- senior vice-president, Human Resources; currently BC TELECOM senior vice-president, Human Resources - Harry Truderung - executive vice-president and president, Mobility; currently president, TELUS Mobility These appointments become effective upon formal closing of the agreement, expected in early 1999. On October 19, BC TELECOM and TELUS announced plans to merge and create a new, growth oriented telecommunications company. The proposed merger of equals is the first step toward building a leading, national telecommunications provider. The merger remains subject to the approval of BC TELECOM and TELUS shareholders as well as court and regulatory approvals. Both companies are planning to hold special shareholder meetings in January. A proxy circular containing the arrangement details will be mailed to registered shareholders in mid December. GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) , which currently owns 50.8 percent of BC TELECOM, has agreed to vote in favor of the merger. GTE will own 26.7 percent of the merged company. More information about the companies can be found on the BC TELECOM website at www.bctel.com and the TELUS website at www.telus.com. The GTE website is located at www.gte.com. |
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