Bell Canada Executive Patrick Pichette to Join Google Executive Team
Written by Google
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (June 25, 2008) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)
today announced that Patrick Pichette will be named Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Pichette
served as President of Operations at Bell Canada, a leading global
communications company.
Mr. Pichette brings nearly 20 years of experience in financial
operations and management in the telecommunications sector, including
7 years at Bell Canada, which he joined in 2001 as Executive Vice
President of Planning and Performance Management. During his time at
Bell Canada, he held various executive positions, including CFO from
2002 until the end of 2003, and was instrumental in the management of
the most extensive communications network in Canada and its ongoing
migration to a new national IP-based infrastructure. Prior to joining
Bell Canada, Mr. Pichette was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where
he was a lead member of McKinsey's North American Telecom Practice. He
also served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Call-Net
Enterprises, a Canadian telecommunications company, from 1994 to 1996.
Mr. Pichette earned a BA in Business Administration from Université du
Québec à Montréal and an MA in Philosophy Politics and Economics from
Oxford University, where he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He is also
chairman of the board of Engineers Without Borders (Canada).
Reporting to Google Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt,
Mr. Pichette will start on August 1, and he will assume responsibility
for the company's financial operations and become CFO on August 12.
"Patrick brings the expertise and track record of a successful CFO,
along with the hands-on business experience of a seasoned operations
executive," said Dr. Schmidt. "This strong combination of skills and
experience will be an important addition to Google's executive
management team and will support our ongoing efforts to increase value
for our users, advertisers and partners." Schmidt added, "On behalf
of all my colleagues at Google, we welcome Patrick and, once again,
thank George Reyes for all that he's done for Google."
"Google is a great company with a phenomenal brand and an outstanding
management team," said Pichette. "As an avid user of Google products,
I've admired the company for many years and am excited about working
with my new colleagues in Mountain View and around the world."
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