François OLIVIER
President and Chief Executive Officer
Transcontinental Inc.

François Olivier was appointed president and chief executive officer of Transcontinental on February 20, 2008. Prior to this, he was chief operating officer responsible for the three operating sectors.

Since he joined Transcontinental in 1993, Mr. Olivier has risen through the ranks, exceeding expectations at every stage of his career. He has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2005, and until September 2007, was president of the Printing Products and Services sector, which reported revenues of $700 million in 2006.

A determined man and an indisputable leader, Mr. Olivier belongs to the new breed of managers who are focused on innovation, teamwork and customer satisfaction. Growth and results are the core elements of his business philosophy, as is demonstrated by the fact that during the five years he headed the Transcontinental Printing Newspaper Group, revenues tripled.

Mr. Olivier has particularly distinguished himself in the past several years as the driver of the Canadian and then North American breakthrough of Transcontinental's newspaper outsourcing printing model, one of the company’s key growth areas. He established solid partnerships with major industry players La Presse, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail andthe San Francisco Chronicle.

Mr. Olivier is also the leader for organic sales growth, one of the four major issues of the Corporation's Evolution 2010 business project. This is a natural fit for him, as he knows the importance of building allies and offering his colleagues a stimulating work environment in order to achieve goals.

François Olivier has a B.Sc. from McGill University and completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School. He is married to Isabelle Marcoux and they have two children, Jeanne and Philippe.

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