Air Canada announced that all the nominees identified in its management proxy circular dated March 21, 2023, were elected as directors of Air Canada at its annual meeting of shareholders held Friday, May 12, 2023.
All the nominees have already been serving as directors of Air Canada, except for Claudette McGowan.
Air Canada has welcomed Ms. McGowan to its Board of Directors. Ms. McGowan is a global information technology leader and Chief Executive Officer for Protexxa Inc., a Canadian-based cybersecurity software and services company.
Ms. McGowan has also worked in the technology industry for several organizations such as Deloitte, Metropolitan Police Services, North York General Hospital, Bank of Montreal and The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
Each of the directors was elected by a majority of the votes cast by shareholders present online or represented by proxy at the meeting. The results of the vote are detailed below.
Nominee |
Votes For |
% For |
Votes Against |
% Against |
Amee Chande |
117,059,337 |
99.07 % |
1,095,570 |
0.93 % |
Christie J.B. Clark |
112,883,616 |
95.54 % |
5,271,291 |
4.46 % |
Gary A. Doer |
116,386,774 |
98.50 % |
1,767,893 |
1.50 % |
Rob Fyfe |
117,235,435 |
99.22 % |
919,472 |
0.78 % |
Michael M. Green |
113,253,164 |
95.85 % |
4,901,743 |
4.15 % |
Jean Marc Huot |
112,750,857 |
95.43 % |
5,404,050 |
4.57 % |
Claudette McGowan |
117,254,463 |
99.24 % |
899,444 |
0.76 % |
Madeleine Paquin |
115,483,462 |
97.74 % |
2,671,445 |
2.26 % |
Michael Rousseau |
115,718,987 |
97.94 % |
2,435,920 |
2.06 % |
Vagn Sørensen |
106,765,793 |
90.36 % |
11,389,204 |
9.64 % |
Kathleen Taylor |
115,277,793 |
97.56 % |
2,877,114 |
2.44 % |
Annette Verschuren |
114,111,052 |
96.58 % |
4,043,945 |
3.42 % |
Michael M. Wilson |
114,546,998 |
96.95 % |
3,607,999 |
3.05 % |
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the meeting are being filed on SEDAR.