Deepak Chopra (Canada Post)

For other uses, see Deepak Chopra (disambiguation).

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.^[1]

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.^[2][3]

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.

References

1. ^ Canada Post, "Deepak Chopra appointed Canada Post President and CEO" (January 18, 2011)[1]
2. ^ The Montreal Gazette, "Deepak Chopra to head Canada Post" (January 18, 2011)[2]
3. ^ The Globe and Mail, "Is Canada Post's pink slip in the mail?" (January 20, 2011)[3]

External links

• Canada Post Corporation

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