TORONTO – Rogers Communications long-time chief financial officer, Alan Horn, will step down in April to become vice-chairman of Rogers Communications and president and CEO of Rogers Telecommunications Limited.
Rogers Telecommunications is the holding company of the Rogers family’s private investments.
Forty-year Rogers veteran Phil Lind, who is currently vice-chairman, is not going anywhere by the way, the company will just have two vice-chairs.
Horn (left) will be replaced as CFO by Bill Linton, formerly president of Call-Net, who re-takes a role he once held when Rogers was a far smaller company. The switch is effective April 25, 2006
The Rogers board of directors also intends to nominate Horn to become a director of the Rogers board following Linton’s appointment as CFO.
Horn has been Rogers’ CFO through some serious highs and lows and has helped steer what’s become a huge ship through a period of rapid growth. He took the CFO job in 1996.
"For almost ten years, Alan Horn has provided sound leadership of the finance and accounting functions at Rogers and he has been a key and well respected member of our management team," said Ted Rogers, president and CEO of Rogers Communications in a release. "While it is with mixed emotions that I support Alan in this decision, I am particularly pleased to have him join the Rogers board. At the same time, Rogers is fortunate to have a seasoned executive of Bill’s experience and calibre with a deep knowledge of our company step into the CFO position."
Linton, a chartered accountant, currently serves as executive vice-president of Rogers, a position he took when Rogers purchased Call-Net this summer.
From 1978 to 1994, Linton served in a variety of senior level finance positions with Rogers, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of both Rogers Cable and Rogers Wireless.
