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Corporate Governance

November 17, 2003
  • Conrad Black resigns as Chairman after an internal inquiry alleges that Black had received more than $7 million in unauthorized payments of company funds.
January 14, 2004
  • Hollinger International files a US$200 million lawsuit against Conrad Black and David Radler.
October 2005
  • Gordon A. Paris, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  • Paul B. Healy, Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
  • Peter K. Lane, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  • Robert T. Smith, Treasurer
  • James R. Van Horn, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  • John Cruickshank, Chief Operating Officer, Head of the Chicago Group
  • Members of the board of directors: Gordon Paris, Richard Burt, Daniel Colson, Cyrus Freidheim, Henry Kissinger, Shmuel Meitar, John O'Brien, Richard Perle, Graham Savage, Raymond G. H. Seitz, and James R. Thompson.
November 2006
  • Cyrus Freidheim is hired as President and CEO.
February 2009
  • Cyrus Freidheim resigns as CEO after New York-based hedge fund Davidson Kempner forces the ousting of all but one member of the Board of Directors.
  • Jeremy Halbreich becomes the new chairman and interim chief executive.

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