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Telecom, broadcast leaders named to ‘Most Powerful Women’ list


TORONTO – Three members of the Canadian telecommunications industry and one broadcaster were named to the 2008 Women’s Executive Network list of the 100 Most Powerful Women.

Lauren Flaherty, CMO Nortel Networks; Marrika Paul, senior vice-president Bell Canada, and Carol Ring, vice-president of strategic initiatives at Rogers Cable, and Michele Fortin, president and CEO of Quebec public broadcaster Tele-Quebec all received recognition at a luncheon held today in Toronto.

The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) has been dedicated to the advancement and recognition of executive-minded women in the Canadian workplace since 1997.

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