W. Geoff Beattie is a Canadian business executive. He is currently President of The Woodbridge Company

The Woodbridge Company

The Woodbridge Company Limited is a Canadian private holding company and the principal and controlling shareholder of Thomson Reuters...

, the Chairman of CTVglobemedia

CTVglobemedia

CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...

 Inc. and Deputy Chairman of Thomson Reuters

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. He also serves as a director of Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada

The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...

 as well as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and Human Resources Committee and has been a director since 1998. He also was one of the torch holders in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Beattie received his law degree in 1984 from the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

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