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Darren Entwistle

CEO of Telus Corp

Education

  • Bachelor of Economics - Concordia University
  • MBA (Finance) - McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management
  • diploma in Network Engineering - University of Toronto

Overview

Darren Entwistle CM is a Canadian businessman. He is currently the president and chief executive officer of TELUS, Inc.(TU) a Canadian telecommunications company.

Career :

Entwistle joined TELUS in 2000. Previously he was an executive at Cable & Wireless in the United Kingdom. Under Entwistle, TELUS has evolved from a regional telephone company serving Western Canada into a national data and wireless business. The $6.6 billion purchase of Clearnet in 2000 was one of the biggest acquisitions in Canadian telecommunications history at that time. With the acquisition of Emergis in 2008, TELUS moved towards making digital patient information more accessible to patients and their providers which was a move that was embedded in TELUS’ Health Solutions division .

Early Life

Darren Entwistle Born 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, Entwistle received a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from Concordia University, an MBA (Finance) from the McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and a diploma in Network Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Career

  • Telus Corp - CEO

Recognition

January 2003 - Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, which recognizes Canadians who have made outstanding and exemplary contributions to the community and Canada as a whole.

February 2007 - Honoured by McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, with the McGill Management Achievement Award for making significant and valuable contributions to business and the community. 

March 2009 - Received the British Columbia Community Achievement Award for his contribution to philanthropic projects in British Columbia.

2010 - Named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Conservatory of Music. 

November 2011 - Honoured with the T. Patrick Boyle Founder's Award from the Fraser Institute for outstanding achievements in entrepreneurship, the promotion of free-markets, and philanthropic support for private sector, non-profit enterprises. 

May 2012 - Received an Honorary Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

June 2012 - Received an honorary doctorate of Laws from Concordia University. 

May 2013 - Received an honorary doctorate of Laws from McGill University. 

May 2013 - Accepted an honorary doctorate from University of Alberta. 

2016 - Accepted an honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria. 

December 2018 - Appointed to Order of Canada.

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