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CCCA_V5No2_Profiles-FIN.qxd:CCCA_V1No1_Profile-FIN.qxd Profile I t’s not surprising that Antoinette Bozac is a synchro- 5/5/11 11:49 PM Page 20 Her motto: “Think ahead and press forward, but always nized skater in her off hours. Enthusiastic,friendly and hardworking,she enjoys connect- mind the goal.” Bozac, in her mid-fifties, has worked as an in-house coun- ing with people, bringing people together and being part of a sel since 1987, starting in her hometown of Montreal. In team, both in her professional and her personal life.“I like to terms of her career path,she says,“I have been blessed with in- help make things happen and to see results,”she says.“In con- house opportunities that have come my way, each time pro- necting with people,I like for there to be a stated purpose and gressive and with increased responsibilities.” an outcome. I’m very goal-oriented.” Prior to her current position, Bozac worked at Unisource Currently vice-president, human resources & legal affairs Canada Inc. (vice-president, secretary and general counsel); and general counsel at Canada Lands Company in Toronto, Aventis (now Sanofi) Pasteur as chief division counsel for the Bozac supervises a human resources and legal team of nine. research and development division in Lyon, France, and as The company is a self-financing federal Crown corporation director, legal & corporate affairs in Toronto; as well as a legal that owns, develops and manages surplus government proper- counsel at Imperial Oil in Toronto and with Domtar Inc. ties across the country.As head of human resources, Bozac is in Montreal. also responsible for more than 250 employees who work at Fluent in French, English and Italian, she earned dual civil the CN Tower, a division of Canada Lands Company, and a law and common law degrees from McGill’s Faculty of Law, landmark she calls “a great national icon.” as well as an honours undergraduate degree in history and A skater all her life, she also performs with Brampton’s mathematics from Concordia University at Loyola. “Gold & Glamorous,”a team of synchronized skaters that skate While her personality veers toward collaboration, team- to the music of Tom Jones.So far the team has won silver and work and building connections, Bozac is always mindful that bronze, but is “aiming to win gold,” she says. the in-house counsel role also comes with the responsibility MARK STEGEL 20 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association SUMMER 2011