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BOUCHERVILLE, QC, June 14, 2016
Senior appointments support Lowe's Canadian growth and business strategy
BOUCHERVILLE, QC, June 14, 2016 /CNW/ - Lowe's Canada announced today its new leadership team positioned to help drive Lowe's Canadian business strategy by
leading a new operating model focused on growth. This model will help Lowe's Canada, and its
network of stores, banners and formats, deliver better customer experiences in each segment and market it serves.
"Our new structure will allow us to increase our focus on customers, allowing us to better co-ordinate our resources and efforts
and to have a maximum impact on the segments we serve," said Sylvain Prud'homme, president and CEO,
Lowe's Canada. "Each member of the leadership team will play a key role, enabling us to maximize
the potential of all of our banners to ensure strong growth across all of our different markets," said Sylvain. "Following Lowe's
recent acquisition of RONA, this team of seasoned experts will contribute to the alignment of our two organizations so we can
become the number one choice of Canadians for all their home improvement needs."
These leaders will report directly to Sylvain:
- Alain Brisebois will work closely with the leadership team to define and implement the
banner strategies. He will also lead the operations functions supporting all the business units as well as our distribution
activities to the affiliate dealers. Alain joined RONA in 2013 and has more than 30 years' experience in the retail industry,
including at Alimentation Couche-Tard and Metro.
- Guy Beaumier will lead our pro-contractor stores and Reno-Depot. Guy has been with
Lowe's since 2014. With more the 25 years of retail industry experience, Guy worked for Loblaws, Sobey's, Labatt and Super
C.
- Christian Proulx will lead human resources and communications. Christian, who joined
RONA in 2007, has held several leadership positions in human resources during a career spanning more than 30 years, 14 of which
were in the pharmaceutical industry in Canada and abroad.
- Jim Caldwell will join Lowe's on June 20 and will lead
the big-box business unit. Most recently, Jim was president of the Brick Group, Canada's
largest furniture retailer. He also worked for Wal-Mart in Canada, and has a vast and
distinguished career in the retail industry, having held senior leadership positions in retail operations, merchandising,
distribution and marketing. Jim is a member of the board of directors of the Retail Council of Canada.
- Serge Ethier will lead the proximity stores. Serge joined RONA in 2014 and has served
in various leadership positions in retail over the past 25 years, incluiding The Home Depot, Provigo/Loblaws and Costco.
- Brendan Hughes will lead the alignment of the different banner strategies and will lead
the project management office and business intelligence. Brendan joined Lowe's in 2005 and has more than 16 years' experience in
the retail sector. He was previously with Walgreens and Food Lion.
- Recruitment is currently underway to select a candidate to lead the Administration function, including financial business
support, accounting and legal.
About Lowe's Canada
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving more than 17 million customers a
week in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With fiscal
2015 sales of $59.1 billion, Lowe's operates or services more than 2,355 home improvement and
hardware stores and has over 285,000 employees. Based in Boucherville, Quebec, Lowe's Canadian
businesses, including RONA inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, operate over 535 corporate and independent affiliate dealer stores in a
number of complementary formats under different banners. These include Lowe's, RONA, Réno-Dépôt, Marcil, Dick's Lumber and Ace. In
Canada, the businesses have more than 24,000 employees, as well as more than 5,000 employees in
the stores of RONA's independent affiliate dealers. For more information, visit Lowes.ca.
SOURCE Lowe's Canada
