Wynne reinvents Bonnie Brooks as head of the LCBO

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Bonnie Brooks

Bonnie Brooks has been nominated by the Ontario cabinet as the new Chair of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO). The appointment is automatic. Brooks was President of Hudson’s Bay Company from January 2012 to 2014 and Chief Executive Officer from September 2008 to 2012. The Bay announced in July that Brooks would retire in December. She is frequently called a  retailing renaissance woman with more than 30 years of leadership in media, marketing and merchandising. The 63-year-old Ms. Brooks holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, two honorary Doctorate Degrees (L.L.D.) from the University of Guelph and Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) from St. Mary’s University, Halifax. She was born in London, Ontario. Salut Bonnie