Canadian National Railway Co.

. Hunter Harrison became President and Chief Executive Officer of CN on January 1, 2003. Before assuming that position, he had served as CN's Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer during the previous five years. He was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors on December 6, 1999. Prior to joining CN, Mr. Harrison had been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Illinois Central Corporation (IC) and the Illinois Central Railroad Company (ICRR), as well as a director of both IC and ICRR, from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Harrison's railroad career began in 1963 when he joined the Frisco (St. Louis-San Francisco) Railroad as a carman-oiler in Memphis while still attending school. He advanced through positions of increasing responsibility in the operations function, first with the Frisco, then with Burlington Northern (BN) after BN acquired the Frisco in 1980. Before moving to IC and ICRR in 1989, he served as BN's Vice-President – Transportation and Vice-President – Service Design. With IC and ICRR, Mr. Harrison first held the position of Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, becoming Senior Vice-President - Transportation in 1991, Senior Vice-President – Operations in 1992, and President and Chief Executive Officer the following year. During his career with Illinois Central, he initiated the concept of scheduled service for freight shipments, maintaining a sharp focus on operational efficiency and asset utilization. By 1996, he had succeeded in driving the railroad's operating ratio down by some 30 points to the low 60s – the best in the entire North American rail industry. As CN's Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, he applied the same philosophy and methods, implementing an aggressive operating plan and refining the railroad's scheduled service to produce industry-leading operating ratio and on-time performance results. As President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Harrison manages the company based on five guiding principles which are the pillars of CN's business philosophy: Service, Cost Control, Asset Utilization, Safety and People. In 2005, Mr. Harrison authored the book, How We Work and Why, which chronicles how CN railroaders think and operate and speaks to the real life stories of the people who have made it all possible, implementing the vision of what it takes to run a great railroad by using the five principles. Mr. Harrison is a member of Canadian Council of Chief Executives and was named North America's Railroader of the Year by Railway Age magazine in 2002. In 2006, Mr. Harrison received the B'nai Brith Canada Award of Merit, the Jewish community's most prestigious honour in Canada. In 2007, Mr. Harrison received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from University of Alberta and was selected as CEO of the Year by Report on Business magazine.

Russell Hiscock is President and Chief Executive Officer of the CN Investment Division, which manages one of the largest corporate pension funds in Canada. Mr. Hiscock joined CN Investment Division in 1987 as a Manager Investments. He was subsequently appointed Manager – Common Stocks and General Manager. He has many years of equity portfolio management experience, in both the Canadian and International stock markets, with particular emphasis on the oil and gas sector. Mr. Hiscock is past Chairman of the Pension Investment Association of Canada (PIAC). Mr. Hiscock holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from University of Waterloo, a Master of Arts degree in Economics from University of Western Ontario and an MBA from University of Toronto. He is a Certified Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Management Accountant

Jim Bright has been promoted to Vice-President Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, effective February 1, 2009. Jim has been with CN for almost 35 years and has worked in Marketing, Operations, Accounting, Financial Planning and Information Technology. His most recent promotion came in 2006 when he was named Vice-President – Information Technology after completing CN's exclusive railroad MBA program, during which he spent the better part of a year in the field at various locations throughout the company's system. Among other accomplishments, Jim led the systems integration projects for CN's transactions with Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central, Great Lakes Transportation and BC Rail. He also participated in the implementation of SRS/RMS, the development of CN's Data Warehouse, the implementation of CN's E-Business site, the SAP implementation and the current Transportation Renewal Program. Jim represents CN at the Conference Board of Canada, the CIO Executive Council, Railinc and sits on several of our vendors' customer advisory boards. He holds a degree in Management from McGill University and an MBA from Concordia University.

Paul C. Miller was appointed Chief Safety and Transportation Officer March 25, 2008. In this role, Mr. Miller has specific responsibility for Safety, Risk Management, Environment and the movement and handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as leading and enhancing all Network Transportation activities. Prior to this, Mr. Miller held the position of Vice-President and Chief Safety Officer since May 2007. Mr. Miller has over 29 years of CN operations and marketing experience. Among many other positions, he has been a transportation engineer, a trainmaster, and a general manager of both intermodal marketing and operations. He has held positions in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Moncton. Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a Master's degree in Transportation Planning, both from the University of New Brunswick.

Sean Finn was appointed Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Legal Officer on December 1, 2008. He is responsible for a wide array of legal, government, regulatory and human resources matters. Mr. Finn joined CN in January 1994. He was appointed Treasurer and Principal Tax Counsel in August 1996, Vice-President, Treasurer and Principal Tax Counsel in January 2000, Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary in December 2000, and Senior Vice-President Public Affairs, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary in February 2003. Mr. Finn was named Tax Lawyer of the Year 2000 by his peers. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining CN, Mr. Finn was a Tax Partner with a major Montreal Law firm. He also carried out the duties of a Senior Rulings Officer in the leasing and financing section and the corporate reorganization section at Revenue Canada, Taxation from 1989 to 1990. Mr. Finn graduated from the faculty of law of the University of Montreal in 1981 and completed a Masters degree in tax law at the University of Toronto in 1983. He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1983. He is a lecturer in tax legislation and policy at the Masters in Taxation at the University of Sherbrooke.

Timothy J. Koerner was appointed Vice-President and Chief Security Officer on March 3, 2009. He is responsible for CN's Risk Management function, including CN Police, and is based in Montreal. Mr. Koerner joined CN as Assistant Vice-President of Risk Management in April 2008 after a distinguished career in law enforcement and risk management, including 25 years with the United States Secret Service, culminating as the Assistant Director for the Office of Protective Operations. His extensive experience includes managing complex criminal investigations, development of crisis management protocols and executive security plans for high profile events and people, including the President and Vice-President of the United States. Mr. Koerner completed CN's “Railroad MBA” program. He holds a Master of Forensic Science degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a Bachelor of Science degree from Shepherd College in West Virginia.

James M. Foote was appointed Executive Vice-President, Sales and Marketing in October 2000. He is responsible for the strategic leadership and direction of CN's Sales and Marketing groups. Mr. Foote joined CN in August 1995 as Vice-President, Investor Relations, to assist the Company's privatization. He also served as CN's Vice-President of Merchandise and more recently Senior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining CN he was Vice-President, Corporate Development, Investor Relations and Tax with the Chicago and North Western Railroad, where he held successively senior management positions in finance, law, labor relations, corporate communications, and operations. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Superior, the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and has a master's degree in law from the Chicago Kent College of Law.

Keith E. Creel was appointed Executive Vice-President, Operations effective May 2007. In this role, Mr. Creel is responsible for the company's rail operations in Canada and the United States. Before that, he had been Senior Vice-President of the Eastern Region since January 2004, Senior Vice-President of the Western Canada Region since July 1, 2003, and Vice-President of the Prairie Division since 2002. Mr. Creel began his railroad career at Burlington Northern Railway in 1992 as an intermodal ramp manager in Birmingham, Alabama. He entered the Operations department in 1993 as a corporate management trainee in Lincoln, Nebraska and held positions as trainmaster in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Wichita Falls, Texas. Mr. Creel joined the Illinois Central Railroad in 1996 as a trainmaster in Memphis, Tennessee and was transferred to Jackson, Mississippi as Director of Corridor Operations in 1997. In preparation for the CN/IC merger, Mr. Creel was transferred to Battle Creek, Michigan as District Superintendent in early 1999, and was appointed General Manager - Michigan Zone, Midwest Division, in June 2000. Mr. Creel obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing/management from Jacksonville State University. He has a military background and served as a commissioned officer in the US Army, during which time he served in the Persian Gulf War in Saudi Arabia.

Ami Haasz became Vice President and Treasurer in March 2007. His duties consist of monitoring and managing all Treasury, Tax and Real Estate activities. He is also playing a key role on a number of strategic files. Mr. Haasz joined CN in 1974 and has occupied various positions in the economics and finance areas. He was appointed Managing Director of Strategic and Financial Planning in 1998, and Vice-President, Financial Planning in November 2000. He holds undergraduate degrees in Economics and Sociology and an MBA in Finance from Concordia University where he also performed additional graduate work towards a Doctoral degree in Economics.

In May 2005, Anita Ernesaks, a graduate of CN's Railroad MBA program, was appointed Global Managing Director of CN WorldWide. This new enterprise, headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, is a wholly owned CN subsidiary that offers international freight forwarding services between Europe, North America and Asia. Formerly, Ms. Ernesaks was Vice-President of eBusiness, responsible for leading initiatives to provide customers with enhanced electronic capabilities to do business with CN in "real time." Prior to that, Ms. Ernesaks was Assistant Vice-President of Sales where she was responsible for revenue forecasting, regional sales, account development and customer communications. During her 17 years at CN, Ms. Ernesaks has held various management positions in the areas of marketing, finance, process reengineering, operations and logistics. Throughout her career, Ms. Ernesaks has been actively involved with several industry and community organizations. Ms. Ernesaks holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto.

David W. Ferryman was appointed Vice-President, System Engineering in August 2005. Mr Ferryman was named Division engineer after the CN/IC merger, and while working in this capacity, he obtained his Professional Engineer's Certification from the state of Mississippi. Since 2000, Dave occupied the positions of Assistant General Manager and General Manager in Troy, Michigan, prior to being appointed as Chief Engineer US Region in 2003 David Ferryman started his railway career with Burlington Northern as an Engineering intern in 1988, and re-joined the company after graduating with a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University in 1992. After serving in a variety of jobs at BN, Dave joined IC in 1997 as the Assistant Superintendent of Engineering out of Jackson, Mississippi. David Ferryman is located in Edmonton.

François C. Hébert was appointed Vice-President, Network Strategies, in April 2004. He is responsible for leading CN's strategic initiatives in the areas of acquisitions, alliances, co-production, and network restructuring. Mr. Hébert joined CN in 1974 and has held a variety of positions in Operations, Marketing and Strategic Planning across CN's Districts, Regions and Headquarters, in Montreal, Toronto and Prince George. These include the positions of Vice-President, Corporate Development; Assistant Vice-President, Industrial Products; Assistant Chief Engineer, Track and Systems; Market Manager, Petroleum and Chemicals; District Engineer; and Regional Manager, Work Equipment. Mr. Hébert is a Director of the Sopor Corporation. He is a Board Member of the CN Community Fund for charitable organizations and he was President of the 2001 campaign. Mr. Hébert holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from McGill University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Concordia University, both in Montreal. He was awarded the British Association Medal for Great Distinction in Mechanical Engineering. He is a member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec, the Canadian Railway Club and the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association. He was President of the Canadian Railway Club in 2002.

Ghislain Houle was appointed Vice-President – Financial Planning in March 2007. His duties consist of monitoring and managing the Company's operating and capital budgets, economic forecasting and financial planning as well as costing and profitability analysis. Mr. Houle joined CN in September 1997 as Chief of Internal Audit. In July 1998, he was appointed Managing Director, ISP Project, a three-year initiative to improve business processes by replacing CN's administrative support systems with the SAP integrated solution. He became Vice-President and Treasurer in 2001 and in 2004, he was responsible for the integration of the Business Development Group with CN Railway Properties, which he already managed since November 2002 Prior to joining CN, Mr. Houle held the position of Senior Manager in tax and audit at a major accounting firm. Mr. Houle is a chartered accountant and holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Laval University and an MBA from McGill University.

Harvey Joel was appointed Vice-President, Logistics Solutions in June 2003. In this role, Mr. Joel is responsible for refining and expanding CN services that deliver complete transportation solutions to traditional and non-traditional rail customers. Mr. Joel held a series of senior sales and management positions in Canadian manufacturing and resource industries prior to coming to CN. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., where he earned a Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration, and Masters of Business Administration.

Jim Danielwicz was appointed Vice-President – Mechanical Department in January 2006. He is directly responsible for the major locomotive repair shops at Edmonton, Symington, MacMillan, Woodcrest and Memphis, as well as the major repair facilities at Transcona and Centralia. He is also responsible for all the locomotive and car maintenance for the CN Mechanical locations throughout North America. Mr. Danielwicz has over 30 years of railroading experience, having joined the Illinois Central in 1973 as a Machinist apprentice. He was appointed to the position of Chief Mechanical Officer for CN in 2002. Prior to that, he held the position of Mechanical Superintendent, Locomotives from 1999-2002, which was his position at the time of the CN and IC merger. Formerly with Illinois Central, he held the prior positions of General Superintendent Mechanical/Locomotive System, Mechanical Superintendent Locomotive, General Superintendent Mechanical Locomotive, Superintendent Mechanical, Superintendent Air Brakes, Division Air Brake Foreman, General Foreman, and Mechanical Foreman. Mr. Danielwicz was instrumental in bringing the proven concept of asset utilization and operational efficiency from the Illinois Central into practicality with CN, by leading the reduction of the size of the locomotive fleet, all the while maintaining on time performance with high locomotive availability and reliability standards. Since attending Arkansas University, Mr. Danielwicz has accumulated numerous certificates from courses in senior management studies, locomotives systems and performance, all aspects of freight car operations, air brakes, telemetry, electronics and computers. He is currently a member of the Locomotive Maintenance Officer's Association and has been a former chairperson and member of various Association of American Railroad executive locomotive and car committees.

Jean-Jacques Ruest was appointed Senior Vice-President, Marketing in June 2006. He is leading marketing strategies for Forest Products, Metals and Minerals, Petroleum and Chemicals, Automotive, Grain, Coal and Fertilizer markets. He also provides the direction for eBusiness, corporate tariffs, price and yield management and for CN's Carload Excellence. Mr. Ruest joined CN in 1996 as Vice-President, Petroleum and Chemicals. In 2003, he was appointed Vice-President, Industrial Products and, in 2004, Vice-President, Marketing. Prior to this, Mr. Ruest worked for 16 years at a major international chemical company. Mr. Ruest holds a Masters in Business Administration in Marketing from HEC Montréal (Université de Montréal) and a Bachelor of Science degree in applied chemistry from Université de Sherbrooke. He also completed the executive program of the University of Michigan Business School, and CN's Railroad MBA program.

In April 2009, Jeff Liepelt was appointed Vice-President, Eastern Region, based in Toronto, Ontario. Mr. Liepelt joined the former Illinois Central in 1978 as a Brakeman and has held positions of increasing responsibility in both Canada and the U.S., with assignments in Chicago, Memphis, Winnipeg, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Liepelt was Vice-President, Operations, Southern Region.

Jerry Boland is Vice-President, Sales and Marketing Special Projects, based in Montreal, Quebec. He joined CN in October 1997 and has held the positions of General Manager, Metals and Construction, Assistant Vice-President and Vice-President for the Metals and Minerals Business Unit, and Vice-President, Sales Industrial Products. Prior to joining CN, Mr. Boland held Director of Marketing, Sales Management and National Account Sales positions with CSXT. Mr Boland joined CSXT in 1985 from the steel industry. Before that, he had previously worked in the industrial chemicals, base metals, mining and petroleum industries.

John Dalzell was appointed CN's Vice-President, Risk Management on January 27, 2000. He was named CN's Ombudsman, a key component of CN's Code of Business Conduct, in December 2003. Mr. Dalzell joined CN in July 1997 as Chief of the CN Police Department. Prior to that, he spent 32 years with the Montreal Urban Community Police Service where he last held the position of Assistant Director for Police Operations.

Karen Borlaug Phillips was appointed Vice President, North American Government Affairs in November 2004 after holding the position of Vice President, U.S. Public and Government Affairs since September 2003 and the position of Vice President, U.S. Government Affairs from December 2000 - September 2003. In this capacity, she is responsible for the company's government affairs initiatives throughout its service territory. She also serves as chairman of the Grand Trunk/Illinois Central Rail PAC. Prior to joining CN, Mrs. Phillips was President of Policy & Advocacy Associates, a consulting firm providing strategic planning, research, and lobbying services on public policy issues relating to transportation, taxes, and trade. From 1994 to 1998, Mrs. Phillips was Senior Vice-President, Policy, Legislation and Communications of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), where she was responsible for development of rail industry policy, promotion of the industry's legislative goals and direction of AAR's media and public relations activities. Mrs. Phillips has worked in Washington, DC in various capacities. She was a Republican member of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) (1988-94) and was elected to serve as the Commission's vice-chairman in 1990 and 1994. On Capitol Hill she was Chief Economist (1987-88), and Tax Economist for the Republicans on the Senate Committee on Finance (1985-87), and Staff Member for the Republicans on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (1982-85). Mrs. Phillips was an Economist in the Office of Industry Policy in the Office of the Secretary, US Department of Transportation (DOT)(1978-82), where she had major responsibility in DOT's trucking and intercity bus regulatory reform programs.

Kimberly Madigan was appointed Vice-President, Labour Relations, North America, in July 2002. She is responsible for negotiating all of CN's collective bargaining agreements for both Canada and the US. Ms. Madigan joined CN in 1999, and was most recently Vice-President, Human Resources, US Operations. Ms. Madigan has extensive experience in transportation labor negotiations and mediation. In August 1990, she joined the National Mediation Board (NMB), serving as Chairman from July 1992 to December 1993. Following her tenure at NMB, Madigan was a Principal with Chambers, Conlon, and Hartwell, a transportation consulting firm, where she also served as President of National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association. While with the law firm of Weiner, McCaffrey, Brodsky, Kaplan & Levin, P.C., she represented a number of regional and local railroad carriers, concentrating on litigation, regulatory, and labor matters. She served as General Counsel of the Regional Railroads of America, and the Railroad Productivity Foundation. From 1986 - 1990, she was an attorney with Highsaw & Mahoney, P.C., where she represented the Railway Labor Executives' Association and other associated labor organizations. Ms. Madigan holds a degree in business administration from the University of Illinois, and is a graduate of the Washington College of Law, American University, where she was adjunct professor of law from 1992-1993.

In September 2003, Laird Pitz joined CN as Vce-President Risk Mitigation (US), based in Washington, DC. His responsibilities include helping CN manage issues such as occupational disease litigation and legislation, FELA (Federal Employers' Liability Act) activities, and other risk related matters in the US. Mr. Pitz comes to us with over 30 years senior management experience in the government, corporate and private sectors, where he has developed and managed business continuation strategies, crisis management and risk management programs. He has experience in civil and criminal litigation, as well as critical infrastructure. He has provided expertise to corporations engaged in technology, transportation (rail, truck, air and maritime), chemicals, logistics, metals, oil services, manufacturing, and defense, among others. Mr. Pitz is a graduate of the University of Texas, with a B.A. Government (pre-law). In a wide-ranging and distinguished career, he has served as a US Army Captain; in the US Justice Department (FBI); as Director of Security for Mattel Corporation, Hawthorne, CA; Director, Assets Protection Whittaker Corporation, Los Angeles; General Manager, Assets Protection, Burlington Northern Railroad, Overland Park, Kansas; CEO, Alexis International, Inc. Reston, Virginia; and CEO of Ocean Bay, Inc, Palm Beach, Florida. Mr. Pitz has been a Senior Management Consultant to a variety of Fortune 500 corporations.

Michael K. Mohan was appointed Vice-President, Service on June 30, 2004. The Service Department is responsible for resolving customer issues that are not fixed through the daily business process. Mr. Mohan was appointed CN's vice-president - Coal and U.S. Grain and Fertilizers in 2000, and formerly held the position of Assistant Vice-President - U.S. Grain and Fertilizers and Midwest sales. He came to CN in 1999 from the Illinois Central Railroad, where he had worked since 1995. Before joining IC, Mr. Mohan was employed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. His transportation career started at the Archer Daniels Midland Company. Mr.Mohan holds a degree in marketing and communications from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

In January 2004, Paul D. Waite was appointed Vice-President IMX (Intermodal Excellence), an initiative launched by CN to improve the quality and efficiency of its intermodal services. Intermodal applies CN's highly successful scheduled railroading practices to the transport of containers and truck trailers by rail. Prior to that, Mr. Waite was Assistant Vice-President, Domestic Intermodal since 1999, a position in which he was responsible for all sales and marketing activities for domestic intermodal in North America. Mr. Waite graduated from York University in Toronto with a degree in Business Administration. During his 30 years at CN, Mr. Waite has held numerous positions in Sales, Marketing and Business Development.

Peter Edwards was appointed Vice-President, Human Resources in June 2006. He is responsible for managing the Human Resources staff at the corporate level, and across Canada and the U.S. as well. In addition, his duties include talent management, performance management, executive and management development, employment legislation, as well as playing a senior leadership role in fostering culture change at CN. Peter Edwards joined CN in 1999 as Business Partner for Eastern Canada, and was named Assistant Vice-President, People Development on January 1, 2004. Prior to coming to CN, he was director of Human Resources for Labatt Breweries. Peter Edwards holds a Master's degree in Human Resources/Labour Relations from Queen's University.

Appointed Vice-President, Investor Relations in November 1996, Mr. Robert Noorigian provides strategic direction and guidance for the company's position in the global equity markets, as well as managing the Company's relationship with its various investors. Prior to joining CN, Mr. Noorigian was Director of Investor Relations at Southern Pacific Railway, a Denver-based company, and formerly held a similar position with Union Pacific Corporation. He has also held various positions in finance and economics with a number of major US corporations over the past 20 years. Mr. Noorigian was named Best Investor Relations Officer in 2002, 2005 and 2007; the Best Investor Relations Officer in the U.S. Market in 2004 and 2006; and received the award for Best Overall Investor Relations in 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Mr. Noorigian holds a Master in Science degree in economics and a Bachelor of Arts in economics/business Administration from the University of Rhode Island.

Sameh Fahmy was appointed to the position of Senior Vice-President, Engineering, Mechanical and Supply Management, in June 2006. In this role, he has network-wide responsibility for CN's Engineering, Mechanical, Supply Management and Vehicle Fleet Management functions. Mr. Fahmy first joined CN in 1981 as Manager, Technical Systems Support. He had previous railroad experience having worked at Amtrak and the Association of American Railroads. Prior to that, he worked for IBM from 1973 to 1977. He returned to CN in 1994 after having pursued other career interests between 1985 and 1994 with the Travelers Insurance Company and La confédération des caisses populaires et d'économie Desjardins. He held the position of Director, Computing and Telecommunication Infrastructure, and in 1996 he joined Operations. In 1998 he was appointed to the position of Assistant Vice-President, Supply Management. In November of 2000, he was promoted to the position of Vice-President, Supply Management and in 2002, he became Vice-President, Engineering, Mechanical and Supply Management. Mr. Fahmy is a certified general accountant, and holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from McGill University.

Serge Pharand graduated from McGill University in 1975 and became a Chartered Accountant in 1976. He is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), the Ordre des Comptables Agréés du Québec, and the Financial Executives International (FEI). He is President of the FEI Quebec Chapter, has chaired the Organization Committee for the 2004 FEI Canada North American Rendezvous Conference in Quebec City, and served as a member of FEI's Committee on Corporate Reporting for many years. He also was Chairman of the Accounting Committee of the Association of American Railroad and acted as Adviser on the Financial Reporting Committee on International Business and has been a member of the Accounting Standards Board for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Following extensive auditing experience with both KPMG and Coopers & Lybrand, he joined CN in 1980.

Stan Jablonski was appointed Senior Vice-President, Sales in June 2006. He is responsible for all sales activities related to the Forest Products, Industrial Products, Intermodal, Grain, Coal and Fertilizers markets. He is also responsible for the company's regional sales structure. Mr. Jablonski joined CN in June 1999 as Vice-President, Forest Products and was appointed Vice-President, Sales in 2004. Prior to this, Mr. Jablonski was Vice-President, Sales, at Kruger Inc. - a Montreal-based forest products company - where he was responsible for domestic and overseas sales and marketing of newsprint, coated and specialty papers, customer service, and marine, rail and truck transportation. Mr. Jablonski holds a degree in economics and finance from Loyola College.

In April 2009, Gordon Trafton was appointed Senior Vice-President, Strategic Acquisitions and Integration, based in Chicago, Illinois. His first assignment is the continued, successful integration of the former EJ&E into CN's operations, which follows on his leadership role in developing and delivering the EJ&E transaction. From 2000 until June 2003, Mr. Trafton was successively Vice-President of the Wisconsin Central Division, Vice-President of the Midwest Division and, for a brief period, Vice-President of both the Midwest and Gulf Divisions. These divisions were merged to form the current Southern Region. In 1999, Mr. Trafton served as CN's Vice-President, Operations Integration. In that role, he led the CN team responsible for completing the Wisconsin Central acquisition in 2000. He became Senior Vice-President, Southern Region, in June 2003. Before joining CN, Mr. Trafton was Vice-President, Transportation and Information Technology Services at Illinois Central. Before joining IC in 1996 as General Manager, Transportation, Mr. Trafton spent 18 years with Burlington Northern Railroad in a variety of positions. Mr. Trafton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Transportation and Traffic Management from the University of Colorado.

In April 2009, Jim Vena was appointed Senior Vice-President, Southern Region, based in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Vena joined CN in 1977 as a Brakeman and worked in numerous operating jobs from Yardmaster, Conductor and Locomotive Engineer to Trainmaster and Superintendent, among other duties. In early 2005, he was named Vice-President of CN's Champlain district. He was appointed Vice-President, Operations in CN's Eastern Region in March 2006, and became Senior Vice-President, Western Region in June 2007. Mr. Vena is a graduate of the University of Alberta and Athabasca University.

In April 2009, Mike Cory was appointed Senior Vice-President for Western Region, based in Edmonton, Alberta. Mr. Cory started with CN in 1981 at the Symington Yard Diesel Shop in Winnipeg as a labourer. Over the years, he has held various operational positions, worked in Customer Service and Marketing, and served as Superintendent, General Superintendent, Director of Service Design and Network Operations Superintendent. In January 2006, he became General Manager of Operations for the Michigan sub Region. In September of 2006, Mr. Cory became Assistant Vice-President of Network Operations and then Vice-President of Operations for the Eastern Region in June 2007, until his promotion to Senior Vice-President, Eastern Region, in November 2008.

A. Charles Baillie served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto-Dominion Bank from 1998 until his retirement in 2003. In addition to his affiliation with various educational and cultural organizations, Charles currently serves on the Board of Directors of Dana Corporation, Canadian National Railway Company and George Weston Limited. In the past five years, he has served on the Board of Directors of Ballard Power Systems Inc., Quebecor World Inc., Texaco Inc., the Toronto-Dominion Bank and TD Waterhouse Inc. Charles is President of The Art Gallery of Ontario, Chancellor of Queen’s University and Chair of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. He holds an Honours B.A. from Trinity College, University of Toronto, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from Queen’s University. In 2006, Charles was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and inducted to The Canadian Business Hall of Fame. Charles currently serves as chair of the TELUS Human Resources and Compensation Committee and as a member of the Pension Committee.

Mr. Giffin served as a director of Bowater Incorporated from 2003 until October 2007. Mr. Giffin is currently co-chair of the Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs practice for the law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. Mr. Giffin served as U.S. Ambassador to Canada from August 1997 to April 2001. He currently serves on the boards of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Canadian National Railway Company, Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Ontario Energy Savings Corp. and TransAlta Corporation. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.

Maureen Kempston Darkes was appointed GM group vice president and president, GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East (LAAM) and a member of the General Motors Automotive Strategy Board, effective January 1, 2002. Prior to this appointment, she was president and general manager of General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) and vice president of General Motors Corporation, from 1994 to 2001. After joining the General Motors of Canada Limited Legal Staff in 1975, she became assistant counsel in 1979. She served on the General Motors Corporation Legal Staff in Detroit in 1979-1980 and headed the GM of Canada Tax Staff from 1980 to 1984. From 1985 to 1987, she worked in the GM Treasurer's Office in New York and subsequently held the position of acting treasurer for GM of Canada until her appointment as general director, public affairs, for GMCL in April 1987. She was appointed GMCL vice president of corporate affairs in 1991 and elected to the GMCL Board of Directors. In addition to her corporate affairs responsibilities, she was appointed general counsel and secretary of GMCL in July 1992. Kempston Darkes serves on the boards of CN Rail and Brookfield Asset Management. During her tenure as president of GM of Canada, she was a board member of the Vehicle Manufacturers' Association; the Ontario Government Education, Quality and Accountability Board; and the Ontario Minister of Health's Women's Health Council. Kempston Darkes was appointed by the federal government to the Free Trade Agreement Automotive Select Panel in 1989 and, in 1994, to the Transportation Equipment Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade. She also serves on the University of Toronto President's International Alumni Council. She has served as the former chair for major gifts for Women's College Hospital Fund Raising Campaigns; co-chaired the BC Cancer Foundation's Millennium Campaign, focused on genome science and research into finding cures for and treatment of cancer; and served on the board of Falconbridge Inc. Kempston Darkes was born and raised in the Toronto area. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from Victoria College, University of Toronto. She also holds a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Toronto Law School and is called to the Bar of Ontario. She has received honorary doctor of law degrees from the University of Toronto, University of Victoria, McMaster University, Dalhousie University, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the Law Society of Upper Canada; an honorary doctorate of business administration from Laurentian University; and an honorary doctor of commerce degree from Saint Mary's University. In 1997, Kempston Darkes received The Order of Ontario and was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000. The American Bar Association in 1998 recognized her with the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. In 1999, she received the Distinguished Service Citation from the Automotive Hall of Fame.