REGINA – SaskTel president and CEO Ron Styles will retire from his position effective July 1, 2017.
Styles (pictured) has led the Crown corporation since 2010, his seventh senior posting in the Saskatchewan public service. He will continue to provide advice and consultation to the government on matters relating to the telecommunications and information technology sectors, reads the government news release.
Doug Burnett, currently VP of human resources and corporate services, will assume the acting president and CEO role effective July 1.
“Ron has been an advocate for SaskTel, championing the Crown’s vision of being the best at connecting people to their world,” said SaskTel board chairman Grant Kook, in the release. “He has spent his career working for the good of the province. I want to thank him for all that he has done during his tenure at SaskTel, and throughout his leadership roles.”
Styles’ career includes previous senior roles as president of Crown Investments Corporation, Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Highways and Transportation, president of SaskWater, president of SaskHousing, and senior roles at Municipal Government and Community Services.
“My 38 years in the Saskatchewan public service have been very rewarding,” added Styles. “I look forward to new challenges going forward and I want to thank both the board and staff at SaskTel for their support over the past seven years.”
