Quebecor Inc. (QBR_A.TO, QBR_B.TO) announced the changes to corporate management to take effect at the time of its annual shareholders meeting, to be held in Montréal on May 8 2013.
In view of Serge Gouin's desire to retire after serving as Chairman of the Board of Quebecor Media Inc. or QMI since the company's creation in 1999, Pierre Karl Péladeau will be appointed Chairman of the Board of QMI and of TVA Group. He will also become Vice-Chairman of the Board of Quebecor Inc., which will continue to be chaired by Françoise Bertrand.
Robert Dépatie, President and CEO of Videotron since 2003, will replace Péladeau as President and CEO of Quebecor Inc. and Quebecor Media Inc.
Pierre Karl Péladeau, who joined Quebecor as Assistant to the President in 1985 and has held the position of President and CEO of the Corporation for the past 14 years.
In the wake of the November 2011 transaction between Quebecor and the Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec, QMI''s shareholders also agreed to appoint Normand Provost, Executive Vice-President, Private Equity at the Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec, and Michel Lavigne, formerly a director of QMI, to the Board of Directors of Quebecor Inc.
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