Guthrie Stewart was, until his retirement in June 2021, an executive with global pension fund manager PSP Investments. Most recently, Mr. Stewart was Vice Chair Investment Committee from June 2020 to June 2021. Prior to that he was Executive Vice-President and Global Head of Private Investments overseeing PSP Investments global teams managing private equity and infrastructure from September 2015 to June 2020. He has been a Director of Telesat since 2016. Mr. Stewart has broad business and investing experience, including more than 12 years in telecommunications and more than ten years in investment management.

For eight years until 2000, he was an executive with Teleglobe Inc., the listed shareholder of Teleglobe Canada (at the time Canada’s international telecom carrier), including two years as CEO and President of Teleglobe Canada. Teleglobe Canada had varied satellite investments, including as a member and distributor of Inmarsat and Intelsat, and also as founding investor in Orbcomm. Mr. Stewart was a partner in one of Canada’s largest mid-market buyout firms, EdgeStone Capital Partners, from 2001 until the end of 2007 following the sale of majority interest. He is a director of the global consulting firm Alix Partners, LLP. He holds an LL.B from Osgoode Hall (Toronto, Canada) and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in Europe. He also holds the ICD.D designation from the Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors. Through his career, he has participated as a Director on numerous private and public boards and as a member at various times of all major Committees.