RE:RE:RE:Update from AGMThanks MMbo and Skipper for your reports on the AGM
Its also now been made official that Betty-Ann has been appointed as a Director.
Further to the Company's press release on December 16, 2013 and following today's shareholder meeting, Ms. Betty-Ann Heggie has joined Allana's board of directors.
Betty-Ann Heggie is the former Senior Vice-President, Corporate Relations of PotashCorp of Saskatchewan. She retired in 2007 after 26 years with the company. During her tenure with PotashCorp, Ms. Heggie was responsible for all areas that affected the company's public presence, especially relations with shareholders and key stakeholders. She advised the board on corporate governance issues and initiated the corporate sustainability program. Under her leadership, PotashCorp received the Award of Excellence from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in three consecutive years. Ms. Heggie has served as a director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, where she chaired both the International Strategic Advisory committee and the audit committee. She was also a member of the board of the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority Inc., the Canadian Wheat Board and MITACS, a Network of Centres of Excellence for the mathematical sciences. Ms. Heggie was the founding chair of the Saskatchewan Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Ms. Heggie is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan and the Senior Executive Program, Columbia Business School in New York.
Shareholders also approved the amendment to the Company's by-laws to require advance notice in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the board of directors are made by shareholders.