Darren Entwistle

Darren Entwistle CM
Born	1962 (age 61–62) Montreal, Quebec
Alma mater	Concordia University McGill University University of Toronto
Known for	President and CEO of TELUS

Darren Entwistle CM (born 1962) is a Canadian businessman. He is currently the president and chief executive officer of TELUS, a Canadian telecommunications company.

Early life

Born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] Entwistle received a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from Concordia University, an MBA (Finance) from the McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and a diploma in Network Engineering from the University of Toronto.[2]

Career

Entwistle joined TELUS in 2000.[3] Previously he was an executive at Cable & Wireless in the United Kingdom.[4][5] Under Entwistle, TELUS has evolved from a regional telephone company serving Western Canada into a national data and wireless business.[4] The $6.6 billion purchase of Clearnet in 2000 was one of the biggest acquisitions in Canadian telecommunications history at that time.[6] 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.[7][8]

Community recognition

• January 2003 - Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, which recognizes Canadians who have made outstanding and exemplary contributions to the community and Canada as a whole.[9]
• 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.[10]
• March 2009 - Received the British Columbia Community Achievement Award for his contribution to philanthropic projects in British Columbia.[11]
• 2010 - Named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Conservatory of Music.[12]
• November 2011 - Honoured with the T. Patrick Boyle Founder's Award from the Fraser Institute for outstanding achievements in entrepreneurship, the promotion of free-markets, and philanthropic support for private sector, non-profit enterprises.[13]
• May 2012 - Received an Honorary Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology[14][15]
• June 2012 - Received an honorary doctorate of Laws from Concordia University.[16]
• May 2013 - Received an honorary doctorate of Laws from McGill University.[17]
• May 2013 - Accepted an honorary doctorate from University of Alberta.[18]
• 2016 - Accepted an honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria.[19]
• December 2018 - Appointed to Order of Canada.[20]

References

1. Elizabeth Lumley (2008). Canadian Who's Who 2008: Volume 43.
2. "McGill University: Darren Entwistle, Governor". Globe and Mail.
3. "Company Overview: Executive team". www.telus.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
4. Pitts, Gordon; Marlow, Iain (April 30, 2018). "Telus CEO put to a leadership test". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
5. Reguly, Eric (April 24, 2018). "Perfectly unhappy". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
6. "Telus bids $6.6 billion for Clearnet in wireless mega-deal". CBC. August 21, 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
7. "Telus, Microsoft hope Canada will buy into patient-centred e-health records". CBC. May 6, 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
8. "Telus unit buys B.C.-based electronic medical records company". The Canadian Press. May 12, 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
9. "The Governor General of Canada". Gg.ca. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
10. "Channels - McGill University News and Events - McGill University". Mcgill.ca. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
11. "BC Community Achievement Awards". Bcachievement.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
12. "Darren Entwistle Honoured with Fellowship of The Royal Conservatory". archive.is. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
13. "Fraser Institute". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
14. "Telus president & CEO Darren Entwistle addresses NAIT graduates". YouTube. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
15. "Prominent business leaders to receive honorary degrees at Convocation". Nait.ca. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
16. "Honorary Degree Citation - Darren Entwistle - Concordia University Archives". Archives.concordia.ca. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
17. "Darren Entwistle : McGill Reporter". Publications.mcgill.ca. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
18. "Honorary Degrees - Office of the Registrar - University of Alberta". Registrarsoffice.ualberta.ca. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
19. "Honorary degree recipients - University of Victoria". www.uvic.ca.
20. Peritz, Ingrid (27 December 2018). "Trailblazing ski twins, now just shy of 97th birthdays, among Order of Canada appointments". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

External links

• Telus biography Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine