BCE executive shrinkage may just be the beginning

MONTREAL – George Cope was officially made president and CEO of BCE and Bell Canada and appointed to the boards of both organizations, the company announced today. Cope will be the first CEO under the company’s new owners, an investor group led by Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. The transaction will close on or before December 11, 2008. The new CEO joined Bell in 2005 as president and COO, after quitting as president and CEO of Telus Mobility,...