William Geoffrey Beattie (born 1960) is a Canadian business executive and former lawyer. He received his law degree from the
University of Western Ontario in 1984
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''Western News'' ( London, Ontario), 9 December 2008. Retrieved 2015-05-13. and served as a partner in the Toronto law firm Torys LLP before joining
The Woodbridge Company, where he served as president from 1998 through December 2012.
The Woodbridge Company Limited is a privately held investment holding company for the
Thomson family
This is a family tree of the Thomson family. The Thomsons are Canada's wealthiest family, includes some of Canada's wealthiest individuals, and hold the titles Barons of Fleet in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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of Canada and the majority shareholder of
Thomson Reuters, where Beattie served as deputy chairman from 2000 through May 2013 and director from 1998 through May 2013. He has served as chief executive officer of Generation Capital since September 2013, and he has served as chairman of Relay Ventures since June 2013. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC; french: Banque royale du Canada) is a Canadian multinational financial services company and the largest bank in Canada by market capitalization. The bank serves over 17 million clients and has more than 89,000& ...
(where he serves as the chairman of the Risk Committee) and
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. In addition to his public company board memberships, Beattie is a trustee of the
University Health Network in Toronto.
He served as the chairman of
CTVglobemedia from 2007 to 2011
and as the chairman of
Maple Leaf Foods from 2019 to 2022.
References
External links
GE Capital Profile
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21st-century Canadian businesspeople
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
University of Western Ontario alumni
20th-century Canadian businesspeople
Canadian business executives
Directors of Royal Bank of Canada
Canadian chairpersons of corporations
20th-century Canadian lawyers
Canadian chief executives
1960 births