Canadian Nuclear Association elects new Board of Directors

TORONTO, June 11, 2015 /CNW/ - The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) announced today that its Annual General Meeting elected a Board of Directors to oversee the association's strategy and overall direction.

Dr. John Barrett, CNA President and CEO, said: "My team and I look forward to working with these industry leaders to advance the nuclear industry in Canada."

The 2015-16 board comprises:

• Duncan Hawthorne, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Power (Mr. Hawthorne is Chair of the CNA)
• Glenn Jager, President of OPG Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer, Ontario Power Generation (Mr. Jager is Vice-Chair of the CNA)
• John MacQuarrie, President, Babcock & Wilcox Canada
• David Campbell, Business Development Manager, Bechtel Systems
• Alice Wong, Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Officer, Cameco Corporation
• Preston Swafford, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, SNC-Lavalin
• Sean Granville, Site Vice President, NB Power
• Mike Marsh, President and Chief Executive Officer, SaskPower
• Joe Scarfutti, Vice President (Americas), Westinghouse
• Hany Michael, Global Director (Power), Hatch Ltd.
• Spencer Fox, President, E.S. Fox
• Sanjay Krishnan, Vice-President Nuclear, Tetra Tech
• Ron Barsi, Senior Geoscientist, Golder Associates Ltd.
• John MacKinnon, President, Amec Foster Wheeler
  Katherine Moshonas Cole, General Manager (Candesco), Kinetrics Inc.
• Robert Walker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
• Vik Tathe, Director of Business Development, EnergySolutions
• Darren Davidson, Vice President (Energy Service), Siemens Canada Ltd.
• Edward Veckie, Vice President, Unified Engineering
• Howard Shearer, Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi Canada
• Jeremy Rasmussen, President, Industrial Audit Corporation
• Nick Aroutzidis, Managing Partner, NA Engineering Associates Inc.
• Jordan Chou, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Power Utility Services Ltd.
• Nigel Fonseca, Chief Executive Officer, Systemware Innovation Corp.
• Scott Travers, President, Society of Energy Professionals
• Bob Walker, President, Power Workers' Union
• Paul Thompson, President, Canadian Nuclear Society

About the CNA

The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) is a non-profit organization established in 1960 to represent the nuclear industry in Canada and promote the development and growth of nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes.

The CNA works to:

• Create and foster a political environment and reasonable regulatory framework for advancing the nuclear industry in Canada.
• Encourage cooperation among various industries, utilities, educational institutions, government departments and agencies, and other authoritative bodies that have a common interest in the development of economic uses for nuclear power and radioisotopes.
• Provide a forum for the discussion and resolution of issues of concern to members, to industry, or to the Canadian public.
• Encourage cooperation with other associations that have similar objectives and purposes.

SOURCE Canadian Nuclear Association

Malcolm Bernard, Director of Communications, 613-237-4262 #110, 613-612-0096