CHC Appoints New CEO
09 November 2004 - 4:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
CHC Appoints New CEO VANCOUVER, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Craig L.
Dobbin, O.C., Chairman of CHC Helicopter Corporation ("CHC") (TSX:
FLY.A and FLY.B; NYSE: FLI) is pleased to announce the appointment
of Sylvain Allard as the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Mr.
Allard will replace Mr. Dobbin as Chief Executive Officer,
effective today. Mr. Dobbin will assume a new role as Executive
Chairman, and will remain closely associated with the affairs of
the company. Mr. Dobbin said: "Sylvain has helped guide us to
record earnings year after year, and I'm confident that with this
new appointment CHC will continue to expand and prosper as the
world's largest helicopter services company." Mr. Allard started
with the Company as a helicopter pilot in Eastern Canada in 1982.
He earned a Masters of Business Administration degree (Gold
Medallist) from Concordia University, Montreal, and has held
several key positions in the Company, including Chief Pilot,
President of Viking Helicopters Ltd., President of Canadian
Helicopters (Eastern), and President of CHC Helicopters
International. On April 30, 1998, Mr. Allard was appointed
President of the Company. As president, Mr. Allard helped
facilitate the successful acquisition and consolidation of HSG
Group and Schreiner Aviation, and the focusing of CHC into the
world's largest offshore helicopter operator. CHC Helicopter
Corporation is the world's largest provider of helicopter services
to the global offshore oil and gas industry, with aircraft
operating in more than 30 countries and a team of approximately
3,400 professionals worldwide. If you wish to be added to, or
removed from, the Company's distribution list, please contact
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This press release may contain projections and other
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbour"
provision of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. While these projections and other statements represent
our best current judgement, they are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary. These
statements may involve risks and uncertainties including, but not
limited to, factors detailed in CHC's Annual Report on Form 20-F
and in other filings with the United States SEC. Should one or more
of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially
from those indicated.
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