Office of the Premier - National, International Business Leaders

Randall Oliphant
President and Chief Executive Officer
Barrick Gold Corporation
Randall Oliphant was appointed president and Chief Executive Officer of Barrick Gold Corporation in March 1999. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1997.

Previously, he was executive vice-president and Chief Financial Officer, and has held progressively responsible positions since joining Barrick in 1987. As Chief Financial Officer since 1994, he played a key role in the company's overall strategy and development.

Educated at the University of Toronto, he obtained a bachelor of commerce degree with honours in 1984, and he earned his chartered accountant designation in 1986.
http://www.barrick.com/

Pierre Karl Péladeau
President and Chief Executive Officer
Quebecor Inc.
Pierre Karl Péladeau was educated in Montreal and Paris. He pursued graduate studies in philosophy and law, earned a law degree from the Université de Montréal, and is a member of the Quebec Bar.

He became involved in the management of the family business at an early age. In 1985, he joined Quebecor's Communications Division, which was responsible for the publishing, distribution and retail operations. As vice-president of operations, his responsibilities encompassed corporate planning, restructuring, financing and acquisitions. In 1991, he was appointed president of the division.

In 1995, Péladeau set up Quebecor Printing Europe and steered the acquisition of Groupe Fécomme in France. As president, he grew the European subsidiary through a series of acquisitions in France, United Kingdom, Spain and Germany, building it into one of Europe's largest printing companies in only three years. In 1997, he returned to the Montreal headquarters to assume the position of executive vice-president and Chief Operating Officer of Quebecor Printing Inc. with overall responsibility for the company's worldwide operations.

In 1998, Mr. Péladeau piloted the acquisition of Sun Media Corporation, making Quebecor the second largest newspaper chain in Canada. He also played an important role in the 1999 acquisition of World Color Press by Quebecor Printing Inc. The merger created Quebecor World Inc., the world's largest commercial printer.

In 1999, Pierre Karl Péladeau became President and Chief Executive Officer of Quebecor Inc., the holding company that owns the company's two great operating subsidiaries, commercial printer Quebecor World Inc. and Quebecor Media Inc., which includes all of Quebecor's media properties: Sun Media Corporation, Nurun Web agency, CANOE and Netgraphe Internet portals, as well as the company's broadcasting, publishing, distribution and retail interests.

Paul Desmarais, Jr.
Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Power Corporation of Canada
Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada in 1954, Mr. Paul Desmarais, Jr. studied at McGillUniversity in Montreal, where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He thengraduated from the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) in Fontainebleau, France, with a Master's in Business Administration.

In 1984, Mr. Desmarais was appointed Vice-President of Power Financial Corporation, a company which he helped establish. He was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of that company in 1986 and, in 1990, became the Chairman of the Board. In 1991, he was appointed Vice-Chairman of Power Corporation of Canada. The company Parfinance (Paris, France) appointed him Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1993. Parfinance was dissolved in 1998. In 1996, Mr. Desmarais became Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Power Corporation of Canada.

Mr. Paul Desmarais is a member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of several companies. In Canada: Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, Investors Group Inc., The Great-West Life Assurance Company, Great-West Lifeco Inc., London Insurance Group Inc. and London Life Insurance Company; in the United States: Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company; in Europe: Pargesa Holding S.A. (Switzerland) and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. (Belgium). He is a member of the Board of Directors of Gesca Ltd, Les Journaux Trans-Canada (1996) Inc. and La Presse Ltd in Canada; Suez and TotalFinaElf in France. He is Vice-President of the Supervisory Board and member of the Strategic Committee of Imerys in France and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Private Equity Partners Europe.

Mr. Desmarais is Chairman of the HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales) International Advisory Committee in Canada. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration) and member of the INSEAD's International Council in France.
http://www.powercorp.ca

G. Allen Andreas
Chairman and CEO
Archer Daniels Midland Company
G. Allen Andreas is the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Archer Daniels Midland Company, a U.S. agribusiness with operations across the globe.

Mr. Andreas holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Valparaiso University, and a Juris Doctorate from the Valparaiso University School of Law. He was an attorney for the United States Treasury Department from 1969 until joining the legal staff of the Archer Daniels Midland Company in 1973. Appointed Treasurer in 1986, Mr. Andreas relocated to Europe in 1989 as Chief Financial Officer of European Operations, and returned to the United States in 1994 as Vice President and Counsel to the Executive Committee. He was appointed as a Member of the Office of the Chief Executive in 1996, President and Chief Executive Officer in 1997, and assumed his current position as Chairman and Chief Executive in January of 1999.

Mr. Andreas is Chairman of ADM's Board of Directors and Chairman of ADM's Executive Committee. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the A.C. Toepfer International Group with headquarters in Germany, and on the Board of Directors of Gruma, S.A. in Mexico, and Agricore United in Canada. He is also a member of The Trilateral Commission, The Bretton Woods Committee, the International Policy Council on Agriculture, Food and Trade, the Emergency Committee for American Trade, the World Economic Forum, the G100 and The Business Roundtable. Mr. Andreas serves as a member of the European Advisory Board of The Carlyle Group, and is a member of advisory boards of various other business operations in Latin America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific Region. He is also a member of the State of Colorado Bar and the American Bar Association.
http://www.admworld.com/

Thomas Hicks is chairman of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated, a global private investment firm formed in 1989 specializing in leveraged acquisitions.

Since its formation, Hicks Muse has successfully raised more than $10 billion of private equity funds, has consummated over $40 billion of leveraged acquisitions and has been one of the most active private investment firms in the country. The firm has emerged as the nation's largest active investor in the broadcast industry, with significant ownership in Clear Channel Communications, Inc., LIN Television, and Sunrise Television.

Hicks, Muse and its predecessor firm's successful acquisitions include AMFM Inc., A&W Brands, Inc., Berg Electronics, Inc., Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Companies, International Home Foods, Inc., and, Sybron International Corporation, among others.

Hicks is vice-chairman and director of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and chairman of Viasystems Group, Inc. He also serves as a director of Fox Pan American Sports LLC, Home Interiors and Gifts, Inc., and Pinnacle Foods. He serves on the board of directors of Crow Family Holdings, as well as the JP Morgan Chase National Advisory Board.

Hicks is also chairman and owner of the Dallas Stars Hockey Club, a National Hockey League member, and chairman and owner of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, an American League Baseball member. He serves on the board of MLB Advanced Media, the internet-based subsidiary of Major League Baseball. He is chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Sports Group, Inc., the Dallas-based sports entertainment company that encompasses the Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, Mesquite Championship Rodeo and Southwest Sports Realty.

A former member of the board of regents for the University of Texas, he has also served as chairman of the University of Texas Investment Management Company, which manages the $13 billion University of Texas Permanent University Fund and Long-Term Fund.

Hicks received an MBA from the University of Southern California in 1970, and a BBA from the University of Texas in 1968. He continues to have strong ties to the Dallas community, and provides continuing support to many organizations, including the Austin Street Shelter Ministries, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Goodwill Industries, Happy Hills Farm for Boys, and the Science Place at Fair Park. He also has held charity board memberships with United Way, Special Camps for Special Kids, and was the 1996 co-chair of the Dallas Jewish Coalition for the Homeless "Vogel Alcove" project. He recently was honoured with the 2000 Henry Cohn Humanitarian Award from the Anti-Defamation League, and was a past recipient of the Father of the Year award in Dallas.
http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/hmtfcenter/

Brian Mulroney
P.C., C.C., LL.D.
In September 1984, Brian Mulroney led the Progressive Conservative party to the largest victory in Canadian history, becoming Canada's 18th Prime Minister. He was re-elected with a majority government four years later, thereby becoming the first Canadian Prime Minister in 35 years to win successive majority governments, and the first Conservative Prime Minister to do so in 100 years. He resigned in June 1993, having served almost nine years as Prime Minister.

His government introduced bold new initiatives such as the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Canada-U.S. Acid Rain Treaty. His government also promoted and supported privatization, a low-inflation policy, historic tax reform, extensive deregulation and strong expenditure reduction policies that continue to be at the base of Canada's impressive economic performance.

Mulroney was born in Bale Comeau, Quebec, in 1939. He graduated from St. Thomas College High School, Chatham, N.B., received his undergraduate degree from St. Francis Xavier University, and a law degree from Université Laval in Quebec City.

In 1992, following his resignation from the prime minister post, he rejoined the Montreal law firm of Ogilvy Renault as senior partner. He serves as a director of Barrick Gold Corporation, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Cendant Corporation, Trizec Properties Inc., AOL Latin America, Inc., Quebecor Inc., Quebecor World Inc., and Cognicase Inc. He is senior counsellor to Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst, a global private equity fund. He also serves as Chairman of Forbes Global; Chairman of the International Advisory Board of Barrick Gold [Toronto], and Chairman of the Latin America and European Strategy Boards of Hicks Muse Tate & Furst.

Mulroney is a member of the International Advisory Councils of Power Corporation of Canada; Bombardier Inc. Aerospace Group - North America; Telesystems Ltd.; China International Trust and Investment Corporation; J. P. Morgan Chase & Co.; Violy, Byorum & Partners, LLC; VS&A Communications Partners III; Independent News and Media, PLC, Dublin, and General Enterprise Management Services Limited, British Virgin Islands. He is also a trustee of the Montreal Heart Institute; Freedom Forum, Arlington, Va.; International Advisory Council of Les Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) of l'Université de Montréal, and the First Amendment Centre at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

He has been awarded Canada's highest honour, Companion of the Order of Canada, and holds honorary degrees and awards from universities and governments around the world.

George H.W. Bush
George Bush brought to the White House a dedication to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States "a kinder and gentler nation."

Born in Milton, Mass., June 12, 1924, he became a student leader at the Phillips Academy in Andover. On his 18th birthday, he enlisted in the armed forces. He was the youngest pilot in the Navy when he received his wings, and flew 58 combat missions during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery in action.

Bush next turned his energies toward completing his education and raising a family. In January 1945, he married Barbara Pierce and the couple had six children. He also attended Yale University where he excelled both in sports and his studies. Following graduation, he embarked on a career in the oil industry of West Texas.

Like his father, Prescott Bush, who was elected to the Senate in 1952, George Bush became interested in public service and politics. He served two terms as a Representative to Congress from Texas. Twice he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate. Then he was appointed to a series of high-level positions: Ambassador to the United Nations, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

In 1980, Bush campaigned for the Republican nomination for president. He lost, but was chosen as a running mate by Ronald Reagan. As vice-president, Bush had responsibility in several domestic areas, including federal deregulation and anti-drug programs, and he visited scores of foreign countries. In 1988, Bush won the Republican nomination for president and, with Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana, defeated Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in the general election.

Bush faced a dramatically changing world: the Cold War was ending; the Communist empire was breaking up, and the Berlin Wall fell. While Bush hailed the march of democracy in the new nations of the former Soviet Union, he insisted on restraint in U.S. policy toward the group of new nations.

In other areas of foreign policy, President Bush sent American troops into Panama to overthrow the corrupt regime of General Manuel Noriega. His greatest test came when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, and threatened to move into Saudi Arabia. Vowing to free Kuwait, Bush rallied the United Nations, U.S. people and Congress, and sent 425,000 American troops. They were joined by 118,000 troops from allied nations.

After weeks of air and missile bombardment, a 100-hour land battle dubbed "Desert Storm" routed Iraq's million-man army.

Despite popularity from this military and diplomatic triumph, Bush was unable to withstand discontent at home from a faltering economy, rising violence in inner cities, and continued high deficit spending. In 1992 he lost his bid for re-election to Democrat William Clinton.

Fred Doucet
FDCI
Fred Doucet was a senior advisor to former prime minister Brian Mulroney, and was also his chief of staff during the time Mulroney was the leader of the Official Opposition. For four years, Doucet personally headed all international bilateral and multilateral initiatives for the office of the prime minister and accompanied the prime minister at all his meetings with Heads of State or Governments, and meetings involving the prime minister and Canadian premiers.

Doucet is particularly well-versed in matters relating to the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. He was also responsible for organizing the annual-summits between the prime minister and the president of the United States, as well as similar international, bilateral and multilateral summits worldwide.

A former Canadian ambassador in charge of multilateral summits, he was responsible for the organization of the highly successful 1987 Sommet de la Francophonie in Quebec City, 1987 Commonwealth Summit in Vancouver, and the 1988 Economic Summit in Toronto.
Since leaving Government in 1988, he has directed the development of FDCI into one of Canada's foremost consulting companies in the area of corporate strategic counsel.