Linda Gillespie

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Philippe Jetté, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cogeco, is pleased to appoint Linda Gillespie as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.

Ms. Gillespie is a senior human resources professional with more than two decades of experience in various industries, including telecommunications. She was Senior Vice President Human Resources and Communications for over seven years at Weston Foods, where she acted as the overall Senior Executive Lead of the Weston Foods Business Transformation Program. She has also worked as Human Resources Lead at Dupont and previously at Nortel in various marketing and corporate functions. Ms. Gillespie holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Rooted in the communities it serves, Cogeco is a growing competitive force in the North American telecommunications and media sectors with a legacy of over 60 years. Through its Cogeco Connexion and Breezeline business units, Cogeco provides broadband services to 1.6 million residential and business customers in Quebec and Ontario in Canada as well as in 12 U.S. states. Through Cogeco Media, it owns and operates 23 radio stations as well as a news agency in Quebec.