Access Communications CEO to retire in 2023

REGINA – Access Communications Co-operative announced yesterday its CEO Jim Deane (above) will retire in January 2023. “Jim Deane has been with our Co-operative since 1981, and in his over 40 years in a leadership role, he has been instrumental in growing our Co-operative into the leading-edge telecommunications company it is today,” said James Lainton, chair of the Access Communications board, in a press release. “As CEO since 2000, Jim has provided a strong vision as our 100% community-owned organization expanded to over 235 Saskatchewan communities, including an additional 200,000 sq. km. of rural areas. It was Jim’s commitment to...