Colleen Johnston joins WestJet's Board of Directors

New Director brings wealth of business leadership expertise to WestJet

CALGARY, Oct. 4, 2018 /CNW/ - WestJet today announced the appointment of Colleen Johnston to its Board of Directors. Johnston's appointment will be effective immediately.

"We are thrilled to have Colleen's expertise on our Board," said Clive Beddoe, WestJet Founder and Chairman of the Board. "She brings a wealth of knowledge from the financial services sector as well as considerable community leadership skills. Her addition to the board is invaluable as we enter the next phase of WestJet's global growth."

Most recently, Johnston served as Special Advisor to the CEO at the TD Bank Group prior to retiring in 2018 after 14 years with the bank. Across her years of service, she was the Group Head of Direct Channels, Technology, Marketing and Corporate and Public Affairs. She also spent more than 10 years as Group Head, Finance, Sourcing, Corporate Communications and Chief Financial Officer and was actively involved in promoting diversity and inclusion as the Chair of the Women in Leadership Committee. Prior to joining the TD Bank Group, Johnston held senior leadership roles at Scotiabank.

Johnston holds a bachelor of business administration from York University's Schulich School of Business. She received her chartered accountant designation in 1984 and was elected a Fellow Chartered Accountant in 2006. She has received numerous industry honours including Canada's CFO of the year in 2012 and was recognized by Women's Executive Network as one of Canada's Most Powerful Women three years in a row. In 2007, Johnston was also inducted into Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Hall of Fame.

About WestJet
Together with WestJet's regional airline, WestJet Encore, we offer scheduled service to more than 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe and to more than 175 destinations in over 20 countries through our airline partnerships. WestJet Vacations offers affordable, flexible vacations to more than 60 destinations and the choice of more than 800 hotels, resorts, condos and villas.  Members of the WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights, vacation packages and more. Members use WestJet dollars towards the purchase of flights and vacations packages to any WestJet destination with no blackout periods, and have access to Member Exclusive fares offering deals to WestJet destinations throughout our network and those of our partner airlines.

WestJet is proud to be recognized as Best Airline in Canada and Travellers' Choice winner – North America for 2017 and 2018 in the TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice awards for Airlines. The airline was also named the Travellers' Choice Winner – Economy, North America, 2018. All awards are based on authentic reviews from the travelling public on TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site. We are one of very few airlines globally that does not commercially overbook.

WestJet is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol WJA. For more information about everything WestJet, please visit westjet.com.  

Recent recognition includes:
2018 North America's Best Low-Cost Airline (Skytrax)
2018/2017 Best Airline in Canada and Travellers' Choice Winner Mid-Sized and Low Cost Airlines – North America (TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice awards for Airlines)
2018 Travellers' Choice Winner – Economy, North America (TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice awards for Airlines)
2018/2017/2016 Canada's Most Trusted Airline (Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria)
2016 Canada's most reputable company for Corporate Social Responsibility (Reputation Institute)
2016/2015/2014/2013/2012 Ranked top three for Canadian Brands (Canadian Business Magazine)
2016/2015/2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in Canada (MoneySense magazine)

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