CPR - Key Persons
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
- Member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee
- President and Chief Executive Officer of STARS
Ms. Robertson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service) Air Ambulance, a helicopter ambulance service providing critical care services to patients in Western Canada. She has held this position since 2011.
Prior to STARS, Ms. Robertson spent nearly 30 years in a variety of health care leadership roles, including as Vice-President and Senior Vice-President at Alberta Health Services.
Ms. Robertson's expertise in health care and current leadership of STARS Air Ambulance aligns with CP's dedication to the communities it operates in and through. Her leadership experience within highly safety-sensitive organizations adds tremendous value and further strengthens the collective capabilities of CP's Board of Directors.
She is also a member of the board of directors for the Calgary Airport Authority and was named a Top 100 winner of Women's Executive Network's Canada's Most Powerful Women in 2014.
Ms. Robertson holds a Baccalaureate of Nursing and Masters in Health-Care Administration. She has completed an executive fellowship at Wharton University and received her ICD.D designation from Rotman School of Business, as well as an executive leadership program at Harvard University.
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- Vice - President Operations Eastern Region
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- Vice - President Human Resources and Chief Culture Officer
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- Director, Investor Relations & Treasury
- Managing Director Investor Relations
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- Vice President Sales and Marketing - Merchandise, ECP, Intermodal and Automotive
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- Member of the Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee
- Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Lead Director of Air Products
Mr. Monser began his engineering career in 1981. He served as President, from 2010 to 2018, and Chief Operating Officer, from 2001 to 2015, at Emerson Electric Co., a global technology and engineering company. At Emerson, he helped drive the company's international growth. Mr. Monser retired as President of Emerson in October 2018.
Mr. Monser is the lead director of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and a member of its Management Development and Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. He sits on the board of Seyer Industries, as well as Vertiv Holdings Co. as a member of its Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Monser was previously President and Executive Vice President of Rosemount Inc. He is a former member of the Advisory Economic Development Board for China's Guangdong province, and is a past board member and past vice-chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council. He was also active in promoting international understanding and trade as a former member and vice-chairman of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum.
An advocate for lifelong learning, and a former high school teacher, Mr. Monser lends his time and expertise to a number of educational, civic and charitable organizations.
Mr. Monser holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Education from Eastern Michigan University and is an alumnus of the executive education program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
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- Member of the Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Board Member of the Denver Transportation Institute
Mr. Hamberger joined CP's Board of Directors after serving more than two decades as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), making him the longest-tenured head of the nearly 100-year-old organization.
Mr. Hamberger has over four decades of experience in public policy and private legal practice, having worked within the executive and legislative branches of the United States Government.
He began his career in transportation as General Counsel of the National Transportation Policy Study Commission. He subsequently served as Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Transportation and on the management committee at Baker Donelson in Washington, D.C. He also served as an appointed member of the Private Sector Advisory Panel on Infrastructure Financing and as a member of the Presidential Commission on Intermodal Transportation.
Mr. Hamberger's breadth of experience complements CP's ongoing dedication to safety and technological innovation, and he is a trusted resource as it relates to policy evolution of the industry.
Mr. Hamberger is a board member of the Denver Transportation Institute. Between 1998 and 2019, Mr. Hamberger served as chair of the board of directors for Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) and was a board member of Railinc Corporation during that same period. He received his Juris Doctor as well as Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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- Market Manager - Fertilizers & Potash
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- Account Manager
- Market Manager
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- Chairman of Audit and Finance Committee
- Chairman of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Mr. Trafton joined CP's Board of Directors in 2017.
In 2010, Mr. Trafton retired from his position of special advisor to the Canadian National Railway (CN) leadership team. From 2003 to 2009, he successively served as Senior Vice-President Strategic Acquisitions and Integration and as Senior Vice-President, Southern Region at CN. Before joining CN, he held a number of leadership positions with Illinois Central Railroad and Burlington Northern Railroad. Mr. Trafton's tenure as Vice-President, Information Technology Services at Illinois Central Railroad provided understanding, experience, and responsibility for cybersecurity at the company. In addition, during Mr. Trafton's career at three railroads, he was directly involved in or responsible for key areas related to five mergers and, acquisitions and related operational integration.
Mr. Trafton holds a Bachelor of Science in transportation management from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder and now sits on Leeds Advisory Board. He also serves on the advisory board of Sacred Cow Consulting, Inc. Over the past seven years, he has also served on four additional nonprofit education boards.
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- Senior Vice - President Operations Western Region
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- Vice - President Financial Planning and Accounting
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- Chairman of the Board
- Member of the Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
- Member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee
- Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Chairman of CP 's Board of Directors
Ms. Courville became Chair of CP's Board of Directors on May 7, 2019 - the first-ever woman to hold this position on the board, as well as the first woman to become chair of the board of a Class 1 railway in North America.
Ms. Courville has been a member of CP's Board since May 1, 2013. From 2016 until becoming Chair of the Board, she was chair of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee. From 2014 to 2016, she chaired the Audit and Finance Committee.
Ms. Courville also sits on the board of directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. where she chairs its Human Resources Committee and is a member of its Governance and Ethics Committee. She serves on the board of Veolia Environnement S.A. as a member of its Accounts and Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Chair Research, Innovation and Sustainable Development Committee. She is also a board member of the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations as a member of its Human Resources Committee.
In April 2019, Ms. Courville concluded her tenure as chair of the board of directors of the Laurentian Bank of Canada. She has had previous roles on the boards of each of Gecina S.A. and TVA Group. Ms. Courville, an engineer and a lawyer by training, also served as President of Hydro-Québec Distribution and Hydro‑Québec TransÉnergie. She has over 20 years of experience in the Canadian telecommunications industry, including as President of Bell Canada's Enterprise Group and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Nordiq Group.
Ms. Courville graduated with a degree in Engineering Physics from the École Polytechnique de Montréal and holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Law from McGill University.
Ms. Courville brings to CP a depth of knowledge and expertise from other capital-intensive, heavily regulated industries. Her diverse experiences and unique perspective complement her role as Chair of the Board of Directors. In 2021, Ms. Courville received the Institute of Corporate Directors' Fellowship Designation.
*As Chair of the Board, Ms. Courville is an ex-officio member of each of the Board's committees: the Audit and Finance Committee, the Corporate Governance, Nominating and Social Responsibility Committee, the Management Resources and Compensation Committee and the Risk and Sustainability Committee
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- Senior Vice - President Strategic Planning and Technology Transformation
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- Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
- Member of CP 's Board of Directors
Ms. Peverett has been a member of CP's Board of Directors since 2016.
Ms. Peverett currently sits on the board of directors of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and is a member of its Audit Committee and chairs its Corporate Governance Committee. She serves as a board member of NW Natural (formerly Northwest Natural Gas Company) and chairs its Finance Committee, and is a member of its Organization and Executive Compensation Committee and Public Affairs and Environmental Policy Committee. Additionally, she sits on the board of Capital Power Corporation as a member of the Corporate Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee and Health, Safety and Environment Committee.
Ms. Peverett currently chairs the board of the CSA Group and sits on the advisory council of the Institute of Corporate Directors, B.C. chapter. She formerly served a board member of Ovintiv Inc. From 2005 to 2009, she served as President and CEO of British Columbia Transmission Corporation and Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2005. She held several senior leadership roles at Union Gas Limited from 1999 to 2003.
Ms. Peverett holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University, a Master of Business Administration from Queen's University and is a Certified Management Accountant. She is a Fellow of the Society of Management Accountants and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
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- Vice - President Operations Southern Region
Jeffrey J. Ellis - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary
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- Chief Legal Officer
- Corporate Secretary
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- Member of the Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- President of Authentum Partners Ltd
Ms. Denham joined CP's Board of Directors in 2016 after an impressive career holding senior roles in the financial services industry. She was the Vice-Chair, Retail Markets from 2001 through 2005 at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and the Managing Director, Head of Commercial Banking and E-Commerce at CIBC Wood Gundy from 1999 to 2001. Prior to that, Ms. Denham was responsible for CIBC's European operations in London, U.K. Prior to that she was President of Merchant Banking/ Private Equity. She began her career in investment banking in 1983.
Ms. Denham currently chairs the board of Lifeworks Inc. (formerly Morneau Shepell Inc.). She is the lead director of the board at Canaccord Genuity and a board member of Kinaxis Inc. She previously served on the boards of National Bank of Canada, IHS Markit Ltd, Penn West Petroleum Ltd., Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Ms. Denham is President of Authentum Partners Ltd., which invests in technology and related businesses and provides advisory services.
Ms. Denham holds an Honours Business Administration degree from Ivey Business School, Western University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
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- Vice - President Sales and Marketing - Grain and Fertilizer
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- Chief Marketing Officer
- Executive Vice - President
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- Vice - President, Commercial Integration
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- Vice - President Engineering
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President
- President and ChieF Executive Officer
On January 31, 2017, Mr. Creel assumed his new role as President and Chief Executive Officer, becoming the 17 th person to lead the company since 1881.
Mr. Creel was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in February 2013 and joined the CP Board of Directors in May of 2015.
Under Mr. Creel's leadership, CP is finding safer, more efficient ways to connect customers to domestic and global markets, and will continue to play a prominent role in connecting communities in both Canada and the U.
Prior to joining CP, Mr. Creel was Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer at Canadian National (CN). He held various positions at CN including Executive Vice-President Operations, Senior Vice-President Eastern Region, Senior Vice-President Western Region, and Vice-President of the Prairie Division.
Laird Pitz - Chief Risk Officer, SVP
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- Chief Risk Officer
- Senior Vice - President
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- Executive Vice - President Operations
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- Chairman of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee
- Member of Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Board Director of Air Products
- Director, Wilmette, Illinois
Mr. Paull joined CP's Board of Directors in 2016. He was the Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of McDonald's Corporation, a global foodservice retailer, from July 2001 until he retired from that position in January 2008. Prior to joining McDonald's in 1993, Mr. Paull was a partner at Ernst & Young where he managed a variety of financial practices during his 18-year career.
Mr. Paull is currently a board director of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., where he chairs its Audit and Finance Committee and is a member of its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Executive Committee. He is also a member of the advisory board of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
From 2016 to 2020, Mr. Paull served on the board of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. as a member of its Compensation Committee. Mr. Paull was a director of KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation from 2010 to 2018 and WMS Industries Inc. from 2012 to 2013. From 2003 to 2013, he served on the board of directors of Best Buy Co. as its lead independent director and chair of its Finance Committee.
Mr. Paull holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Accounting from the University of Illinois.
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- Vice - President Market Strategy and Asset Management
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- Vice - President Sales and Marketing - Regional Sales and Transload
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- Executive Vice - President and Chief Financial Officer
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- Vice - President Operations Western Region
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- Chief Information Officer
- Vice - President
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- Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee
- Director, Toronto, Ontario
Ms. MacDonald is a founder and former executive chair of Just Energy Group Inc., a Toronto-based independent marketer of deregulated gas and electricity. She retired from Just Energy in August 2020 after an impressive 23-year career. Ms. MacDonald was a director of Just Energy from 2001 to 2020 and held the position of executive chair from 2007 to 2020. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Just Energy prior to becoming executive chair. In 1989, Ms. MacDonald founded Energy Marketing Inc., and in 1997, founded Energy Savings Income Fund, which aggregated customers within the U.K. natural gas deregulation.
Ms. MacDonald is a member of the board of the Horatio Alger Association in both Canada and the United States. She founded the Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.
She was previously vice-chair of the board of directors of Mount Sinai Hospital and a member of the board of governors of the Royal Ontario Museum.
Ms. MacDonald holds an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Victoria.
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- Director Investor Relations
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- Senior Vice - President Engineering, Mechanical and Procurement
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- Member of Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
- Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Senior Advisor
- Director, Toronto, Ontario
- Senior Business Advisor With Bennett Jones LLP
John Baird is a Senior Advisor to various enterprises and a former Senior Cabinet Minister in the Government of Canada.
An instrumental figure in bilateral trade and investment relationships, Mr. Baird has played a leading role in the Canada-China dialogue and worked to build ties with ASEAN countries. In addition, Mr. Baird has worked closely with international leaders to strengthen security and economic ties with the United States and Middle Eastern countries.
A native of Ottawa, Baird spent three terms as a member of Parliament and four years as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also served as President of the Treasury Board, Minister of the Environment, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. In 2010, he was selected by MPs from all parties as Parliamentarian of the Year. Prior to entering federal politics, Mr. Baird spent ten years in the Ontario Legislature where he served as Minister of Community and Social Services, Minister of Energy, and Government House Leader.
Currently, Mr. Baird serves as a Senior Business Advisor with Bennett Jones LLP, a premier Canadian law firm. In addition, Mr. Baird sits on the advisory board of Barrick Gold Corp. and the corporate boards of Canadian Forest Products (Canfor, as Chair), the FWD Group (former ING Insurance Asia), PineBridge Investments (former AIG Investments), and Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. He also serves as a Senior Advisor at Eurasia Group, a global political risk consultancy.
Mr. Baird also volunteers his time with Community Living Ontario, an organization that supports individuals with developmental disabilities, the Prince's Charities, the charitable office of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, and is a board member of the Friends of Israel Initiative. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies and an Honourary Doctor of Laws from Queen's University at Kingston.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice - President Operations Southern and Eastern Region