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Derek H. Burney (66) is Chairman of the Board of Directors of New
Brunswick Power Corp. He is also Visiting Professor and Senior
Distinguished Fellow at Carleton University.
Mr. Burney was born in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, and
was educated at Queen's University, where he received an Honours B.A.
and M.A.
He was President and Chief Executive Officer of CAE Inc. from October
1999 until August 2004. Prior to joining CAE, Mr. Burney was Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada International Inc.
(1993-1999). From 1989-1993, Mr. Burney served as Canada’s Ambassador
to the United States. This assignment culminated a distinguished
thirty-year career in the Canadian Foreign Service, during which he
completed a variety of assignments at home and abroad.
From March 1987 to January 1989, Mr. Burney served as Chief of Staff
to the Prime Minister. He was directly involved in the negotiation of
the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. He was the Prime Minister's
personal representative (Sherpa) in the preparations for the Houston
(1990), London (1991) and Munich (1992) G-7 Economic Summits.
In February 1992, Mr. Burney was awarded the Public Service of
Canada's Outstanding Achievement Award. In July 1993, he was named an
Officer of the Order of Canada.
Mr. Burney was conferred Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Lakehead
University, Queen's University, Wilfrid Laurier University and
Carleton University.
His memoir of government service - “Getting it Done” - was published
by McGill-Queen’s in 2005.
He is the Lead Director at Shell Canada Ltd. and a Director of CanWest
Global Communications Corp. and TransCanada Pipelines Limited. He is
Chairman of the Confederation College Foundation and a Fellow at the
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute.
Mr. Burney is married to Joan (Peden) and has four sons.
Keywords: Canada-US relations.
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