William D. Anderson

Corporate Director

Mr. Anderson has had a career as a business leader in Canada spanning over thirty years.  He was President of BCE Ventures (a subsidiary of BCE Inc.) from 2001 to 2005 (telecommunications) and prior to that, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of BCE Inc., Bell Canada Inc. and of Bell Cablemedia plc (telecommunications).  As President of BCE Ventures, he was responsible for a number of significant operating companies as well as being Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Bell Canada International Inc.  In his CFO roles, Mr. Anderson was responsible for all financial operations of the respective companies and executed numerous debt and equity financings, corporate acquisition and disposition transactions as well as corporate and operational restructurings.  He was also in public practice for nearly twenty years with the accounting firm KPMG LLP, where he was a partner for eleven years.

Mr. Anderson is the Chair of Gildan Activewear Inc. and Nordion Inc. and a director of Sun Life Financial Inc. Mr. Anderson is a past director at BCE Emergis Inc., Bell Cablemedia plc, Bell Canada International Inc., CGI Group Inc., Four Seasons Hotels Inc., Sears Canada Inc. and Videotron Holdings plc.

At TransAlta, Mr. Anderson is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Governance and Environment Committee of the Board.

Mr. Anderson holds a bachelor in business administration from the University of Western Ontario (London, ON) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and the Institute of Corporate Directors.