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Quebecor World Appoints Régis Réhel President Canada Division
Thursday 16. October 2008 - Quebecor World Inc. (TSX: IQW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Régis Réhel as President of its Canadian Division. Mr. Réhel is an important member of the Quebecor Worlds leadership team and will focus on ensuring Quebecor Worlds Canadian customers continue to be provided with complete full-service solutions to meet all of their marketing, advertising and publishing needs.
Mr. Réhel has extensive experience in sales and operations in both Canada and the United States. He joined Quebecor World in April of this year as Vice-President of Corporate Optimization. During this time he has gained extensive knowledge of the Company and its customer base. Mr. Réhel has made important contributions to enhancing efficiency and customer service by improving many of Quebecor Worlds systems and processes. From 2000-to-2008 Mr. Réhel held a series of management positions overseeing operations and sales at Cascades Inc., an international paper company. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant specializing in process optimization, executive coaching and employee empowerment. Mr. Réhel holds a MBA from the University of Leicester in England.
In addition to Mr. Réhels appointment, Quebecor World is also pleased to announce Karl Broderick is rejoining the Company as Senior Vice President of Sales, Canada and Tim Boissinot is assuming the position of Executive Vice President Operations Quebecor World Canada. Mr. Broderick is a senior sales executive with more than 15 years experience providing customers with value-added print solutions across Canada. He most recently worked at Canampac/Boehmer Box and prior to that worked as a senior sales executive at Quebecor World from 1999-to-2006. Mr. Boissinot has been with the Company for 17 years, most recently as EVP, Canada. Prior to this, he held a variety of Regional & General Management positions in various locations in Canada.
“I believe this customer-focused team led by Régis has the right mix of experience, inside and outside our industry, to provide our customers with a complete set of value-added solutions to allow them to achieve their marketing and advertising objectives while also maximizing our operational efficiencies to strengthen our position as a leading player in our industry in the Americas,” commented Jacques Mallette, President and CEO Quebecor World Inc. “I would also like to thank Tony Galasso for his service to Quebecor World during the last several years. Tony has made important contributions to the Company as a sales executive and most recently as President of our Canadian operations and I wish him well in his future endeavors.”
Quebecor Worlds Canadian operations provide comprehensive marketing and advertising solutions to retailers and publishers in a coast-to-coast network of 14 facilities producing retail inserts, magazines, catalogs, books, directories, direct mail products as well as complete premedia and logistics services.