Canfor CEO Don Kayne to step down at end of 2024. Susan Yurkovich named next CEO.

By Canfor Corporation
Cision Newswire
July 22, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, United States

Don Kayne

Susan Yurkovich

VANCOUVER, BC — John Baird, Canfor Chairman announced that Don Kayne, President and CEO, plans to retire at the end of the year. Mr. Kayne has been with Canfor for 46 years and has held the position of CEO since 2011. Under his leadership, the Company has grown and transformed from its BC roots into a global entity with operations in Alberta, the US and Sweden. As a respected industry leader, he has served in a variety of industry roles including Chair of the Forest Products Association of Canada, the BC Council of Forest Industries and the Bi-national Softwood Lumber Board. Canfor is also announcing the appointment of Susan Yurkovich as the Company’s next CEO. Currently serving as Canfor’s Senior VP of Global Business Development, Ms. Yurkovich brings three decades of experience working in the natural resources sector to the role, 12 of those years with Canfor. …Ms. Yurkovich’s appointment will take effect January 1, 2025. Mr. Kayne will continue in an advisory capacity through 2025.

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