Board of Directors

Normand Beauchamp

President and Chief Executive Officer of Capital NDSL Inc.

Normand Beauchamp is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Capital NDSL Inc., an investment company. He has spent his career in the communications industry, especially within the Canadian broadcasting segment, including developing and operating radio and television stations and networks. In 1985, he became President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Radiomutuel Inc. He is a recipient of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ highest award, the Gold Ribbon for Broadcast Excellence.

Austin C. Beutel

Chairman of Oakwest Corporation Limited

Austin C. Beutel is Chairman of Oakwest Corporation Limited, a private investment holding company. Mr. Beutel is the co-founder and former Chairman of Beutel Goodman and Co. Ltd., an investment management firm for which he served as President from 1967 to 1989. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University, the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and has more than 45 years of business experience.

Paul A. Bronfman

Chairman and CEO of Comweb Group Inc.

Paul A. Bronfman is the Chairman and CEO of Comweb Group Inc. Over the last 17 plus years, Mr. Bronfman has built a group of entertainment firms dedicated to supplying expert production services to the film and television industry. Mr. Bronfman works closely with the film and television production industry to foster and develop new talents. He serves, or has served, on many industry boards including the Canadian Film Centre, the Banff Television Foundation, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, as well as Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.

André Bureau

Chairman of the Board of Astral Media Inc.

André Bureau, O.C., is Chairman of the Board of Astral Media Inc. and Counsel with the legal firm Heenan Blaikie LLP. He has spent his professional career in the field of communications and contributed significantly to the development of Canada’s broadcasting and communication industries. Mr. Bureau was Chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) from 1983 to 1989. He was previously President and CEO of Cancom, and President of Telemedia Communications Inc. Mr. Bureau was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1994.

Jack L. Cockwell

Group Chairman and Director of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

Jack L. Cockwell is Group Chairman and Director of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., and a director of its principal affiliates. From 1991 until February 2002, he served as Brascan’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cockwell is also Chairman of the Royal Ontario Museum and a Director of the C.D. Howe Institute, a non-profit economic policy research organization.

George A. Cohon

O.C., O.Ont.

George A. Cohon, O.C., O.Ont. is the Founder of McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited and Founder of McDonald’s Russia. He served as Chairman, President and CEO of McDonald’s Canada from 1971 to 1992. Under his leadership, the first McDonald’s franchise was opened in the former Soviet Union in 1990. Mr. Cohon has received many awards for his business and philanthropic achievements in Canada and internationally. Mr. Cohon is an Officer of the Order of Canada, recipient of the Order of Ontario and has been inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.

Paul V. Godfrey

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club

Paul V. Godfrey, C.M. was named President and CEO of the National Post in December 2008. From September 2000 to November 2008, he was President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club. He was the President and CEO of Sun Media Corporation from November 1992 to June 2000, and Publisher and CEO of the Toronto Sun from 1984 to 1991. He is active in charity work, notably with the Herbie Fund, which supports children with potentially life-threatening disease. Mr. Godfrey was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1999.

Ian Greenberg

President and Chief Executive Officer of Astral Media Inc.

Ian Greenberg has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Astral Media Inc. since 1996. He has spearheaded the Corporation’s transformation from a photographic, production, distribution and technical services provider into Canada’s largest operator of English and French-language specialty, pay and pay-per-view television services, and a leading radio broadcaster and outdoor advertiser. Mr. Greenberg is actively involved in a number of industry and charitable associations. A graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program, Mr. Greenberg was named one of Québec’s most influential business personalities by Revue Commerce in February 2001.

Sidney Greenberg

Vice-President of Astral Media Inc.

Sidney Greenberg is Vice President of Astral Media Inc. one of Canada’s most dynamic and best performing media companies with a strong presence in the country’s four fastest growing media platforms: specialty and pay TV, radio, outdoor advertising and interactive media.

Born in Montreal in 1937 he is one of four brothers who founded Astral Media 45 years ago – beginning as a specialty photographic business and evolving into the largest operator of English and French specialty television services, the country’s largest radio broadcaster with 82 stations in eight provinces as well as a leading outdoor advertising company in Quebec and Ontario. The company also owns and operates over 70 websites which attracts nearly 4.9 million visitors each month. From four brothers the company now employs 2800 people at its facilities in Montreal, Toronto and around Canada and is a contributor to the Canadian economy and part of Canadian culture.

Sidney Greenberg is active in many community associations. Mr. Greenberg and his brothers were awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award in 1993. Among the numerous awards for his involvement in community activities Mr. Greenberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame which honors those individuals who have made significant contributions to the state of Israel and society through sports. Mr. Greenberg received the Jerusalem Award in 2003.

Mr. Sidney Greenberg sits on the board of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto; the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame; is past president of Maccabi Canada and past Vice Chairman of Maccabi World Union; is past Vice President of Bnai Brith Canada; and Founder of the North American Youth Games; and was previously involved with the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Raptors Foundation. He is also a member of the Canada Israel Committee and involved in pro-Israel advocacy on campus. He is currently the Chairman of the Israel Ice Hockey Federation.

Stephen Greenberg

President of Incendo Media Inc. and a director of Incendo Productions Inc.

Stephen Greenberg is the President of Incendo Media Inc. and a director of Incendo Productions Inc., with offices in Montréal and Toronto. Incendo Media is a leading Canadian television distribution company, while Incendo Productions is a Canadian production company. Mr. Greenberg began his career at Astral Media in 1976 where he worked for more than 20 years. He is also a member of the Association des Producteurs de Films et Télévision du Québec, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and a Past President of the Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters. Mr. Greenberg's charitable activities include serving as Vice-President of Camp B'Nai Brith.

Sidney M. Horn

Partner in the Montréal office of Stikeman Elliott LLP

Sidney M. Horn is a Partner in the Montréal office of Stikeman Elliott LLP. He received the highest practitioner rating in the Canadian Legal Directory LEXPERT in the areas of corporate commercial, corporate finance and securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He is listed in the 2005 edition of "A Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada" and was named by LEXPERT as one of Canada’s Top 30 Corporate Dealmakers (November 2002). He is included as a “leading individual” in the Corporate / M&A practice area in "Chambers & Partners’" "The World’s Leading Lawyers 2003-2004".

Mila P. Mulroney

Corporate Director and Vice-President of Cansult Communications Inc.

Mila P. Mulroney is a corporate director and Vice-President of Cansult Communications Inc., a private consulting company. She is also the Honorary Director of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a charitable organization for which she has raised millions of dollars. Mrs. Mulroney dedicates much of her time to volunteer work, such as the welfare of children, particularly children with disabilities. She sits on the Boards of Le Cercle Entreprendre and the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. Mrs. Mulroney is also Co-Chairman of the annual Taste of the Nations Gala, an event which raises money for children in Montréal.

Timothy R. Price

Chairman, Funds Management of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

Timothy R. Price, CA, is the Chairman, Funds Management of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and has more than 30 years of management experience with the Brascan group of companies. His primary role in these companies has included raising capital and operating a merchant bank. Mr. Price also serves on the York University Board of Governors, the St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation Board, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation Board and the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Schulich School of Business.

Phyllis Yaffe

Corporate Director

Phyllis Yaffe was the Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Atlantis Communications ("Alliance") from 2005 until 2007. Ms. Yaffe joined Alliance in 1993, and was the Chief Executive Officer of the Broadcast Group from 2001 to 2004 and the Chief Operating Officer of Alliance from 2004 to 2005. Ms. Yaffe is the past Chairperson of the Foundation to Underwrite New Drama for Pay Television and was Vice President, Marketing of the Young Naturalists Foundation from 1985 to 1993. Ms. Yaffe is also Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors of Ryerson University, is on the Executive Board of Governors of the World Wildlife Fund Canada, and the Chair of Women Against Multiple Sclerosis (Canada). In 1999, Ms. Yaffe was selected as the Canadian Women in Communications’ Woman of the Year, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Film and Television in April 2000. In 2006, Ms. Yaffe was included in the Women’s Executive Network’s list of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women and in November 2007, she was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Broadcast Hall of Fame.

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