The Board is the decision-making body for all matters deemed material to the strategic and financial functioning of the company. The Board supervises the management of our business affairs with the objective of increasing shareholder value.
The Board is made up of a non-executive and independent Chairman, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and 9 non-executive independent Directors.
Meet our Board of Directors, some of today’s strongest business leaders and governmental officials — and the engines of a proactive governance culture at CN that has consistently adopted industry-leading standards.
Robert Pace, D. COMM.
Chair of the Board
Canadian National Railway Company
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Pace Group
Committees: 3, 4, 5, 7
Donald J. Carty, O.C., LL.D.
Retired Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Dell Inc.
Committees: 1(C), 3, 5, 6, 7
Ambassador Gordon D. Giffin
Partner
Dentons U.S. LLP
Committees: 1, 4, 6(C), 7, 8
Edith E. Holiday
Corporate Director and Trustee,
Former General Counsel,
United States Treasury Department
and Secretary of the Cabinet
The White House
Committees: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8(C)
V. Maureen Kempston Darkes, O.C., D. COMM., LL.D.
Retired Group Vice-President
General Motors Corporation
and President
GM Latin America,
Africa and Middle East
Committees: 1, 2, 3, 5(C), 7
The Honourable Denis Losier, P.C., LL.D., C.M.
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer
Assumption Life
Committees: 3(C), 4, 6, 7, 8
The Honourable Kevin G. Lynch, P.C., O.C., PH.D., LL.D.
Vice-Chair
BMO Financial Group
Committees: 2(C), 3, 6, 7, 8
Claude Mongeau
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canadian National Railway Company
Committees: 4(C), 7
James E. O'Connor
Former Chairman and CEO
Republic Services, Inc.
Committees: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7(C)
Robert L. Phillips
President
R.L. Phillips Investments Inc.
Committees: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7
Laura Stein
Executive Vice-President – General Counsel and Corporate Affairs
The Clorox Company
Committees: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
Committees:
- Audit (PDF)
- Finance (PDF)
- Corporate Governance and Nominating (PDF)
- Donations and Sponsorships Committee (PDF)
- Environment, Safety and Security (PDF)
- Human Resources and Compensation (PDF)
- Strategic Planning (PDF)
- Investment Committee of CN's Pension Trust Funds (PDF)
(C) Denotes chairman of the committee