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TELUS Announces Retirement of Chief Financial Officer Doug French and Appointment of Successor Gopi Chande
TELUS today announced that Doug French, the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will retire on June 30, 2026 following an exceptional 30-year tenure with the company. As part of TELUS' disciplined succession planning process, Gopi Chande, currently CFO of TELUS Digital and TELUS Health, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, TELUS, effective July 1, 2026. Doug will continue in an advisory capacity until July 31 to support a seamless transition and will stay on as Chair of the Board of
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