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Telus’ Mercier among WCT annual award winners


OTTAWA – Telus’ EVP, corporate affairs, chief legal officer and corporate secretary Monique Mercier has been named Woman of the Year by Women in Communications and Technology (WCT).Mercier, pictured, leads a team of 300 professionals, of which 49% are women. She coaches, mentors, and champions the Telus women’s executive network, and has advocated to have its board of directors be compromised of 25% women by May 2017, and 30% by 2019.Accenture was named company of the year, and WCT also named 10 other recipients of its prestigious annual awards, which recognize efforts to advance women’s representation and achievement in Canada’s...