CANADA: West Face Capital CEO gets seat on Maple Leaf board
By just-food.com | 3 February 2011
Maple Leaf Foods has handed a seat on its board to the CEO of activist investor West Face Capital, a sign the Canadian food group is trying to quell shareholder concerns over corporate governance and close ties to the McCain family.
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Maple Leaf Foods has handed a seat on its board to the CEO of activist investor West Face Capital, a sign the Canadian food group is trying to quell shareholder concerns over corporate governance and close ties to the McCain family.
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