Article content
Kenney was an influential member of Parliament from 1997 to 2016, holding numerous senior cabinet positions in prime minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative governments, before leaving federal politics and being elected the 18th premier of Alberta in 2019.
Article content
He is currently a senior adviser at the law firm Bennett Jones LLP and serves on the board of directors of ATCO Ltd.
“I’m confident in his extensive business acumen and relationships, both public and private,” said Postmedia president and chief executive Andrew MacLeod. “He has a deep and genuine interest in seeing the (media) sector not just stabilize but also hopefully thrive in the future.”
O’Leary has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors as well, most recently as executive vice-president of business strategy and operations at Toronto Global. She has served on the boards of the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority.
O’Leary also served as chief of staff from 1993 to 1998 to Liberal finance minister Paul Martin, who tamed the federal deficit, “playing a formative role,” according to MacLeod.
“I think Terrie cares deeply about the media sector and she gives us a different perspective on the board given her relationships with the Liberal side of the aisle,” MacLeod said, adding that when former board director Vince Gasparro stepped down, it was important to find another prominent Liberal voice to replace him.
Share this article in your social network