Richard B. Evans
Mr. Evans is the Chairman of the Board of AbitibiBowater Inc., effective February 1, 2009, and has been a director since the combination. Mr. Evans previously served as a director of Bowater Incorporated from 2003 to October 2007. He is currently Executive Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Ltd. From March 2006 to October 2007, Mr. Evans served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcan Inc., the parent company of an international group involved in many aspects of the aluminum and packaging industries. From October 2005 to March 2006, he was Chief Operating Officer of Alcan and from 1997 to October 2005, he held several executive positions for Alcan, including Executive Vice President, Aluminum Fabrication, Europe; Executive Vice President, Fabricated Products, North America; and President of Alcan Aluminum Corporation. Mr. Evans is also the Chairman of the International Aluminum Institute.
John Q. Anderson
Mr. Anderson served as a director of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. from 2006 to October 2007. Mr. Anderson is currently Managing Director of Fenway Partners Resources, Inc. and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Big Wheel Partners, Inc. He is also Chairman of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
Jacques Bougie, O.C.
Mr. Bougie served as a director of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. from 2004 to October 2007. He currently serves as a director of Nova Chemicals Inc., McCain Foods Ltd. and CSL Group Inc. From 1993 to 2001, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcan Inc.
William E. Davis
Mr. Davis served as a director of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. from 2003 to October 2007. From 2002 to 2003, he served as Chairman of National Grid USA and as an executive director of National Grid (UK). From 1993 to 2002, he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. He currently sits on the board of directors of Consol Energy Inc.
Anthony F. Griffiths
Mr. Griffiths was appointed to the Board effective April 15, 2008. He is a member of the board of directors of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and is its Lead Director as well as the Chair of its Compensation and Governance and Nominating Committees and a member of its Audit Committee. Mr. Griffiths is currently an independent business consultant and corporate director. He is a director of Bronco Energy Ltd., Northbridge Financial Corporation, Crum & Forster Holding Corp., OdysseyRe Holding Corp., Vitran Corporation Inc. and Jaguar Mining Inc. He is also the Chairman of Russel Metals Inc. and Novadaq Technologies Inc. Mr. Griffiths was the Chairman of Mitel Corporation, a telecommunications company, from 1987 to 1993, and from 1991 to 1993, he assumed the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer in addition to that of Chairman.
Ruth R. Harkin
Ms. Harkin served as a director of Bowater Incorporated from 2005 to October 2007. Ms. Harkin served as Senior Vice President, International Affairs and Government Relations, of United Technologies International from 1997 to 2005. From 1993 to 1997, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Since 2002, she has served as a director of ConocoPhillips. Ms. Harkin is also a member of the Iowa Board of Regents.
Lise Lachapelle
Mrs. Lachapelle served as a director of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. from 2002 to October 2007. She currently serves as a director of Industrial Alliance, Insurance and Financial Services Inc., Russel Metals Inc. and Innergex Power Trust. Mrs. Lachapelle is a consultant on corporate strategies and government trade policy.
Gary J. Lukassen
Mr. Lukassen served as a director of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. from 2003 to October 2007. He currently serves as a trustee of The North West Company Fund. From 1989 to 2001, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Hudson's Bay Company.
David J. Paterson
Mr. Paterson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AbitibiBowater Inc. Mr. Paterson served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Bowater Incorporated from May 2006 to October 2007 and served as Chairman of Bowater from January 2007 until October 2007. Mr. Paterson was Executive Vice President of Georgia-Pacific Corporation, in charge of its Building Products Division, from 2003 to 2006. At various times from 2000 to 2006, Mr. Paterson had been responsible for Georgia-Pacific's Pulp and Paperboard Division, Paper and Bleached Board Division and Communication Papers Division. Mr. Paterson joined Georgia-Pacific in 1987.
Paul C. Rivett
Mr. Rivett was appointed to the Board effective April 15, 2008. He was appointed to the Brick's Board of Trustees in July 2009 and he currently serves as a director of Mega Brands Inc. Since 2004, Mr. Rivett has served as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. He also serves as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. Prior to 2004, Mr. Rivett was an attorney at Shearman & Sterling LLP in Toronto, Canada.
John A. Rolls
Mr. Rolls served as a director of Bowater Incorporated from 1990 to October 2007. Mr. Rolls served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Thermion Systems International, an aerospace and industrial heating systems company from 1996 to 2007. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank North America, an international banking company, from 1992 to 1996. Mr. Rolls is also a director of MBIA Inc. and FuelCell Energy, Inc.
John W. Weaver
Mr. Weaver is the former Executive Chairman of AbitibiBowater Inc. Mr. Weaver served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. from 1999 to October 2007. Mr. Weaver held a number of senior executive positions in operations and sales prior to being appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Abitibi-Consolidated. He has over 30 years of experience in the forest products industry. Mr. Weaver indicated that he will resign from his position as a director of the Company at its next Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Hon. Togo D. West, Jr.
Mr. West served as a director of Bowater Incorporated from 2002 to October 2007. From December 2004 to May 2006, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. From 2000 until 2004, he was Of Counsel to Covington & Burling, a law firm headquartered in Washington D.C. From 1998 until 2000, he served as Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Clinton Administration. From 1993 until 1998, he was Secretary of the Army, a period during which he also served as Chairman of the Panama Canal Commission. Mr. West is the Chairman of TLI Leadership Group and also serves as a director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. and FuelCell Energy, Inc.