MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable announced three senior appointments today, including the promotion of Louise St-Pierre as vice-president, customer services and Ontario operations.
St-Pierre is currently vice-president and chief information officer for the cable company. In her new position, she will oversee customer contact operations and residential sales for all of Canada and hold co-ordinating authority for the Ontario Operations.
She replaces Ontario VP Gaston Germain, who left the company this month to go to Pelmorex, as Cartt.ca first reported.
St-Pierre (pictured) joined Cogeco Cable in the summer of 1999 and over the last eight years, “has led the development of the information technology sector to become one of Cogeco Cable’s key strategic assets,” says the company’s press release. Prior to joining Cogeco, she delivered consulting services in Quebec and New Brunswick and subsequently built the DMR consulting practice in Alberta, managing sales and operations; prior assignments were with IBM and Bank of Nova Scotia.
The company also announced the promotion of Jacques Gravel, currently vice-president, Quebec, to the new position of VP, network services and Quebec operations. Gravel will now oversee network operations and community programming and relations for all of Canada, says the release. (Cogeco has operations in southern Quebec and Ontario, serving about 850,000 customers, and a significant operation in Portugal.) He will also hold co-ordinating authority for the Quebec Operations.
Gravel (left) joined Cogeco Cable in 2001, as VP network operations, Quebec and was promoted to his current position in 2006. Before that, he worked at Bell Canada for 18 years in various positions in Ontario and Quebec.
The final promotion announced was Francois Beaulieu, who moves from senior director, IT planning and architecture, to vice-president and chief information officer. He joined the company in 2004 and “has played a key role in developing Cogeco Cable’s priorities in its quest for IT excellence,” says the release.
