Board of Directors

Timothy W. Casgrain

Chair, Board of Directors
Toronto

Timothy W. Casgrain was appointed Chair of the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors on April 27, 2007, for a five-year term.

Mr. Casgrain is Vice-Chairman of Skyservice Investments Inc., a wholly owned Canadian aviation company, and has been involved with Skyservice since 1997. From 1976 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice President of Brascan Financial Corporation [now Brookfield Asset Management] and, from 1988 to 1995, he was seconded to NBS Technologies Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Casgrain began his career as a teacher with CUSO in Chad, Africa, and he later became an accountant with Deloitte & Touche.

Born in Montréal, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in 1969. In 1976, he became a member of the Order of Chartered Accountants of Québec.

Mr. Casgrain is the Chairman of the Toronto Rehab Foundation as well as Hippy Canada. He is also a Director on the Board of the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education.

He and his wife have three children.