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Douglas P. Hayhurst

West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Independent

Director since August 18, 2005

Committees

  • Audit Committee Chair
  • Corporate Governance Committee
  • Responsible Care® and Public Policy Committee

Biography

Douglas Hayhurst, 64, is an independent Corporate Director. He was previously an executive with IBM Canada Business Consulting Services and a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consultants, involved globally in consulting for a wide range of industries, including chemicals; forest, paper and packaging; aerospace and defense; metals and other manufacturing industries. Prior to those roles, he held various senior executive management roles with Price Waterhouse including National Deputy Managing Partner (Toronto) and Managing Partner for British Columbia (Vancouver). Mr. Hayhurst serves on a number of boards including Northgate Minerals Corporation (Audit Committee Chair and member of the Finance Committee); Catalyst Paper Corporation (member of Audit and Environmental, Health and Safety Committees); Accend Capital Corporation (member of Audit Committee); Advisory Board of The Layfield Group Limited (a private company); and Nature Conservancy of Canada (National Board member and BC Regional Board Chair). He also serves on the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Risk Oversight and Governance Board and is past Chair of the British Columbia Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Hayhurst received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. He received a Fellowship (FCA) from the Institutes of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and of Ontario and in 2006 received the designation of ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors.