The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
Governor General Michaëlle Jean announced today 60 new appointments to the Order of Canada. Singer Celine Dion and mining entrepreneur Peter Munk were among those promoted from within the Order to the highest rank of Companion. Some stand-outs among the...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
... tenor Ben Heppner, investment guru Stephen Jarislowsky and Barrick Gold founder and philanthropist Peter Munk as the Order of Canada's newest companions — the honour's highest of three levels and a promotion within the order for each of the recipients. Additions at the officer level of the order include former politician and retired senator Allan J. MacEachen of Cape Breton and Northwest...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
... tenor Ben Heppner, investment guru Stephen Jarislowsky and Barrick Gold founder and philanthropist Peter Munk as the Order of Canada's newest companions — the honour's highest rank and promotions within the order for each of the recipients. New additions at the officer level include former politician and retired senator Allan J. MacEachen of Cape Breton and Northwest Territories politician...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Barrick Gold Corp. said Tuesday that it has named Aaron Regent to the posts of chief executive officer and president, effective Jan. 16. Barrick's chairman, Peter Munk, has been serving as acting CEO since earlier this year. Regent, 43, currently serves as senior managing partner of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and co-CEO of its infrastructure group. Prior...
Mineweb - Daily news headlines (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
Barrick Gold has appointed a new chief executive, Aaron Regent, who will take over from company founder Peter Munk who has been acting CEO for the past few months.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
... after former CEO Greg Wilkins stepped down last March due to an illness.Company founder and chair Peter Munk, who has been acting CEO since then, praised Regent, an experienced executive who will leave his current post as both senior managing partner of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and co-CEO of the Toronto investment company's infrastructure group."Aaron's outstanding strategic...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
The former president of Canadian nickel miner Falconbridge will take the job on Jan. 16, ending a search to replace Greg Wilkins, who went on medical leave in March and formally resigned in July. Company founder and Chairman Peter Munk has been filling in as interim CEO.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
... Barrick said in a release Tuesday.Regent takes over the company from Barrick founder and chairman Peter Munk, who has been acting CEO since earlier this year."Aaron's outstanding strategic capabilities and highly focused results orientation will fit in well with Barrick's unique corporate culture," said Munk."Our board's thorough and professional search for a new leader has...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
... Ltd. from 2002 to 2005.Regent takes over his new role from Barrick founder and chairman Peter Munk, who has been acting CEO since March of this year, when he replaced Greg Wilkins, who went on medical leave. Wilkins returned to Barrick in July in the role of executive vice-chairman."In these times in particular, gold is a unique property as a store of value that is emerging as an...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Chef Mark McEwan's One restaurant was packed Tuesday for a lunch-hour preview of the Munk Debates, brainchild of gold mogul Peter Munk and his wife, Melanie. Former cabinet minister Barbara McDougall, economist Sherry Cooper, real-estate developer Murray Frum, Alliance Atlantis chairman Michael MacMillan, former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Allan Gotlieb and poetry patron Scott...
