Power Financial Corporation is a financial holding company. The Power Corporation of Canada

Power Corporation of Canada

Power Corporation of Canada is a Canadian company with assets in North America and Europe in a number of industries. These industries include media, pulp and paper, and financial services....

 holds a majority of the stock in the company.

Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors

Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...

 of Power Financial are: André Desmarais

André Desmarais

André Desmarais, OC, OQ is a Canadian businessman, whose hometown is Montreal, Quebec.He is one of two sons of Paul Desmarais, Sr. He is currently the president and co-chief executive officer of his father's founding company the Power Corporation, based in Montreal, Canada...

, Paul Desmarais

Paul Desmarais

Paul Desmarais, Sr., is a Canadian financier in Montreal. With an estimated net worth of $US 4.5 billion , Desmarais was ranked by Forbes as the 4th wealthiest person in Canada and 235th in the world.Desmarais also owns homes in Palm Beach, Florida and New York.He is CEO of the Power Corporation...

, Paul Desmarais, Jr.

Paul Desmarais, Jr.

Paul Desmarais, Jr., OC, OQ is a Canadian businessman in his hometown of Montreal.He is the eldest son of Paul Desmarais, Sr. Currently he is the chairman and co-chief executive officer of Power Corporation of Canada....

, Gérald Frère, Anthony Graham, Robert Gratton, Don Mazankowski

Don Mazankowski

Donald Frank "Don" Mazankowski, PC, OC, AOE is a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. He was also Deputy Prime Minister under Mulroney....

, Jerry Nickerson, Michel Plessis-Bélair, Raymond Royer, Guy St-Germain, and Emöke Szathmáry

Emöke Szathmáry

Emőke J.E. Szathmáry, CM, OM, FRSC was the 10th President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manitoba. She held this position 1996 to 2008. Dr.Szathmary was trained as a physical anthropologist, specializing in the study of human genetics. Dr...

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Directors emeritus of the company are: James W. Burns, Michael Pitfield

Michael Pitfield

Peter Michael Pitfield, PC, CVO is a former Canadian Senator and senior civil servant.He is the youngest son of the late Canadian financier Ward C. Pitfield and the late Grace MacDougall Pitfield. His brother, Ward C...

 and Killian Collins

External links

• Power Financial website