Darren Entwistle (born 1962) is a

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businessman. He is currently the president and

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TELUS Telus Communications Inc. (TCI) is the wholly owned principal subsidiary of Telus Corporation, a Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voi ...

, a Canadian

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s company.

Early life

Born in

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, Entwistle received a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from

Concordia University Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...

, an MBA (Finance) from the

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Desautels Faculty of Management The Desautels Faculty of Management is a faculty of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The faculty offers a range of undergraduate and graduate-level business programs, including the Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Business Adminis ...

and a diploma in Network Engineering from the

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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.

Community recognition

* January 2003 - Awarded the

Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (french: link=no, Médaille du jubilé d'or de la Reine Elizabeth II) or the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2002 to mark the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

, 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

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Community Achievement Award for his contribution to philanthropic projects in British Columbia. * 2010 - Named an Honorary Fellow of th
Royal Conservatory of Music
* November 2011 - Honoured with the T. Patrick Boyle Founder's Award from the

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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 The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is a applied sciences institute in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. NAIT provides careers programs in applied research, technical training, applied education, and learning designed to meet the deman ...

* June 2012 - Received an

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of Laws from

. * May 2013 - Received an honorary doctorate of Laws from

. * May 2013 - Accepted an honorary doctorate from

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. * 2016 - Accepted an honorary doctorate from the

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. * December 2018 - Appointed to

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References

External links

Telus biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Entwistle, Darren 1962 births Living people Concordia University alumni Members of the Order of Canada McGill University Faculty of Management alumni University of Toronto alumni Businesspeople from Montreal