Mr. Patrick Pichette has been the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Google Inc., since August 2008 and serves as its Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Pichette has nearly 20 years of experience in financial operations and management in the telecommunications sector, including seven years at Bell Canada Inc., which he joined in 2001 as Executive Vice President of Planning and Performance Management until January 25, 2002. He served as the President of Operations of Bell Canada, Inc. from November 1, 2004 to December 2008. He served as an Executive Vice President of Bell Canada, Inc. since December 1, 2003 and its Chief Financial Officer from September 25, 2002 to 2003. He served as an Executive Vice President of Operations and Finance at Teleglobe Communications Corp., (a former subsidiary of BCE Inc.) from February 2002 to May 2002. Prior to BCE, he served as a Principal and Partner of McKinsey & Company's Montreal office for over five years as a Lead member of McKinsey's North American Telecom Practice from June 1996 to December 2000. He served as a Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Call-Net Enterprises Inc. from 1994 to 1996 and an Associate at McKinsey & Company in Toronto from 1989 to 1994. He has been a Director of Bombardier Inc. since October 2013. He has been a Member of Strategic Advisory Board at Amyris, Inc. (formerly Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc.) since May 13, 2013 and served as its Director from March 2010 to May 13, 2013. He served as a Director of Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc., from January 9, 2004 to August 2008. He served as a Director of Manitoba Telecom Services, Inc. since October 2002 and Bell Aliant Regional Communications Holdings Inc., a General Partner of Bell Aliant Regional Communications Holdings, Limited Partnership since 2006. He served as a Director of Bell Aliant Inc. He served as a Director of Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. from January 9, 2004 to August 2008. He served as a Director of Bell Aliant Regional Communications Inc. until July 11, 2008. He served as a Director of Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund. Mr. Pichette holds a BA in Business Administration from Université du Québec à Montréal from 1985 to 1987 and MA in Philosophy Politics and Economics from Oxford University where he attended as a Rhodes Scholar from 1987 to 1989.