David Michael Culver, is a Canadian

Canada

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 businessman and former Chairman and CEO of Alcan Aluminum Limited

Alcan

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, from 1979 to 1989.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Culver attended Selwyn House School

Selwyn House School

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, received a Bachelor of Science

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 from McGill University

McGill University

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 in 1947, an MBA from Harvard University

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, and a Certificate from the Centre d'Études Industrielles in Geneva. Culver began working at Alcan in 1949, eventually rising to CEO in 1979.

From 1986 to 1989 he was Chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

In 1989, he became a founding partner of CAI Private Equity, a firm specializing in leveraged buyout

Leveraged buyout

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s, restructurings, acquisitions, and recapitalizations.

He is a co-founder and Canadian Chairman for 11 years of the Canada-Japan Business Committee.

He is a member of the Augusta National Golf Club

Augusta National Golf Club

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Honors

• In 1983 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
  Order of Canada
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   and was promoted to Companion in 1988.
• In 1990 he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec
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• Order of the Sacred Treasure
  Order of the Sacred Treasure
  The is a Japanese Order, established on January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji of Japan as the Order of Meiji. It is awarded in eight classes . It is generally awarded for long and/or meritorious service and considered to be the lowest of the Japanese orders of merit...
  
  , Grand Cordon, of Japan.
• In 1990 he was awarded Concordia University's John Molson School of Business Award of Distinction.