TELUS Corporation announced that the TELUS Board of Directors (Board) has approved the appointment of the Honourable John P. Manley, P.C., O.C., as Chair of the Board, effective following his re-election at TELUS' annual general meeting in early May 2023. Mr. Manley will succeed Dick Auchinleck, who is retiring after 20 years of exemplary service on the TELUS Board, including eight years as Chair. Mr. Manley's appointment is a result of the company's robust succession planning process, undertaken by the board following a third-party evaluation of the effectiveness of its board and its board members.

Mr. Auchinleck was employed by Gulf Canada Resources Limited for 25 years, retiring in 2001 as President and CEO. He also served as a Director of ConocoPhillips from 2001 to 2018, during which time he held the position of Lead Independent Director from 2007 to 2018. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and the Institute of Corporate Directors.

As an independent member of the TELUS Board since 2003 and Chair since 2015, Mr. Auchinleck has been instrumental in supporting the TELUS Board and CEO through a period of growth and accomplishment that are unmatched by TELUS' peers in Canada and internationally. Notably, since the beginning of 2000 through early 2023, TELUS has generated a total shareholder return of 705 per cent, making it number one in the world amongst its telecom incumbent peers. In addition, Dick's guidance has contributed to the significant increase in TELUS' enterprise value of $64 billion – a six-fold increase since 2000 – and the achievement of a highly successful IPO for TELUS International with a market capitalization of over $10 billion.

Mr. Manley is a Senior Business Advisor with Bennett Jones LLP. He was President and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, from 2010 to 2018, and previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors for CIBC and CAE Inc.Mr. Manley had a 16-year career in politics, serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister in the portfolios of Industry, Foreign Affairs and Finance. He was the longest serving Industry Minister since World War II.

He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. Mr. Manley is one of the longest-serving Independent Directors of the TELUS Board and has served on all of the TELUS Board's committees since 2012. During his tenure as the Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee, TELUS became one of only a few Canadian corporations to adopt and surpass Board diversity targets beyond gender, ensuring diverse representation at the higher level of its leadership.