WINNIPEG,
Aug. 3, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Power
Corporation of Canada (TSX: POW)
announces that its Board of Directors has approved the appointment
of Mr. Stéphane Lemay as Vice-President, General Counsel and
Secretary. Mr. Lemay also becomes media spokesperson for the
Corporation.
Mr. Lemay joined Power Corporation in 2005 as
Vice-President, Assistant General Counsel and Associate Secretary.
Prior to joining Power, he held various executive legal and public
affairs positions with companies in the telecommunications and
manufacturing sectors. Mr. Lemay began his career as a lawyer in a
Montreal-based national law
firm.
Mr. Edward
Johnson is stepping down as Senior Vice-President, General
Counsel and Secretary, having passed the Corporation's normal age
of retirement, and will assume other corporate duties within the
Power group.
Mr. Johnson joined Power Corporation in 1985 as
Vice-President and Secretary. He was named General Counsel in 1989
and Senior Vice-President in 2005.
Mr. Lemay has also been appointed
Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary of Power Financial
Corporation, a subsidiary of the Corporation.
Power Corporation of Canada is a diversified international
management and holding company with interests in companies in the
financial services, communications and other business sectors in
North America, Europe and Asia.
SOURCE POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA