Deepak Chopra (Canada Post)
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Deepak Chopra is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Post Corporation, known more simply as Canada Post (French: Société canadienne des postes, or simply Postes Canada), the Canadian crown corporation which functions as the country's primary postal operator. Chopra was appointed on January 18, 2011, for a five-year term effective February 1, 2011.
Most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pitney Bowes
Canada and Latin America, Chopra was also the President of Pitney Bowes Asia Pacific and the Middle East, leading a number of postal administration projects national mail organizations such as Australia Post, Royal Mail, State Post Bureau of China, The Emirates Post, India Post and Japan Post.
Chopra takes over the post from Stewart Bacon, who returned from retirement as interim president and CEO in July when then-CEO Moya Greene
left to take over Britain's national carrier, The Royal Mail
. Greene, who became CEO in 2005, oversaw the investment of new equipment, training programs and efficiencies at Canada Post, including a $2.1 billion investment in infrastructure, that is partly credited for profits during a period when revenues declined.
Chopra is a certified general accountant
and a member of the Certified General Accountants of Ontario
. In 2009 he was named a Fellow of the Certified General Accountants of Canada.
Most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes Inc. is a Stamford, Connecticut-based manufacturer of software and hardware and a provider of services related to documents, packaging, mailing, and shipping, collectively referred to as mailstream. The company has approximately 36,000 employees worldwide. It is one of 87 existing...
Canada and Latin America, Chopra was also the President of Pitney Bowes Asia Pacific and the Middle East, leading a number of postal administration projects national mail organizations such as Australia Post, Royal Mail, State Post Bureau of China, The Emirates Post, India Post and Japan Post.
Chopra takes over the post from Stewart Bacon, who returned from retirement as interim president and CEO in July when then-CEO Moya Greene
Moya Greene
Moya Greene is a Canadian civil servant and business woman.Born in Newfoundland, Greene graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Arts in 1974, and then attended Osgoode Hall Law School....
left to take over Britain's national carrier, The Royal Mail
Royal Mail
Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide...
. Greene, who became CEO in 2005, oversaw the investment of new equipment, training programs and efficiencies at Canada Post, including a $2.1 billion investment in infrastructure, that is partly credited for profits during a period when revenues declined.
Chopra is a certified general accountant
Certified General Accountant
Certified General Accountant is the designation of professionals who are jointly members of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada and a provincial or territorial CGA association, or a CGA association overseas...
and a member of the Certified General Accountants of Ontario
Certified General Accountants of Ontario
Certified General Accountants of Ontario is the professional association of certified general accountants in the province of Ontario, Canada...
. In 2009 he was named a Fellow of the Certified General Accountants of Canada.