Darren Entwistle

Bio

Darren joined TELUS in 2000 as President and CEO, and is the longest-serving CEO in the global telecommunications industry. Under Darren’s leadership, B.C.-based TELUS has evolved from a regional telephone company serving Western Canada into a global communications and information technology leader. Throughout the past 25 years, the TELUS brand has increased in value from a few hundred million dollars to $12.1 billion today, ranked as the most valuable telco brand in Canada by Brand Finance.

Darren believes passionately that TELUS’ greatest asset is the more than 130,000 team members and retirees around the globe who comprise the TELUS family, including the 20,000 in B.C. TELUS is consistently recognized for its global leadership in respect of team engagement and has been ranked number one in the world for a company of its size and composition according to third-party surveyor Mercer. This incredible level of engagement led to TELUS earning the distinction of being the sixth company ever inducted into Waterstone Human Capital’s Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures Hall of Fame. Moreover, TELUS has been recognized by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers four times.

At the heart of TELUS’ culture is a deeply rooted belief in the symbiotic relationship between business success and the welfare of our communities. In 2023, Darren and the TELUS team launched the TELUS Student Bursary, which strives to ensure that every young person in Canada who wants a postsecondary education will get one. Thus far, the TELUS Student Bursary program has distributed $6 million in bursaries to 2,000 students and counting. Since 2000, TELUS and its team members have generously devoted $1.8 billion in value, including 2.5 million days of volunteerism in local communities. This includes $380,000 and 9.1 million volunteer hours in B.C. alone. In 2010, TELUS became the first Canadian company to be named the Most Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation globally by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Reflecting TELUS’ leadership in responsible corporate citizenship, TELUS has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for 24 consecutive years – a feat unequalled by any of its North American peers – and has also been named to the World Index 14 times. In addition, TELUS was recognized in TIME Magazine's World's Most Sustainable Companies for two consecutive years, ranking #21 of 500 companies globally, #2 Canadian company and #1 Canadian telecommunications company.

In recognition of Darren’s exemplary contributions to the community and to Canada as a whole, in 2018, he was appointed to the Order of Canada. Similarly, in 2003 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and in 2012 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. In 2022, Darren was inducted into the Business Laureates of British Columbia Hall of Fame; was named Canadian Business Leader of the Year by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; and was awarded the International Horatio Alger Award by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, an honour bestowed upon North America’s most respected leaders in appreciation of their hard work and, perseverance and ability to overcome obstacles. Additionally, Darren earned recognition as CEO Achiever, Champion of the Year by CEO World Awards, was named the Most Admired CEO by Waterstone Human Capital in 2017, received the President’s Award from the Institute for Performance and Development in 2015, and was presented with the inaugural Innovator of the Year award from the Ontario Science Centre in 2012 in honour of his contributions to innovation in science. Darren is also the recipient of the 2011 Canadian

Business Leader of the Year Award from the University of Alberta; the 2011 Champion of Public Education Award from The Learning Partnership; and the 2011 T. Patrick Boyle Founders Award by the Fraser Institute for outstanding leadership in business and philanthropy. On a worldwide basis, Darren was recognized with the CEO Leadership in Action Award from Diversity Journal in 2011 and the National Philanthropy Business Leader of the Year Award in 2010 from the David Foster Foundation.

Darren has a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree from Concordia University, an MBA in Finance from McGill University and a diploma in Network Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has received honorary Doctorates of Law from McGill University, Concordia University, the University of Alberta and the University of Victoria. Darren is an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto.

More information can be found on www.telus.com.