Mr. Godfrey will serve as a paid special advisor to the board and CEO Andrew MacLeod after his contract finishes at the year’s end
at the end of this year, as board chair Paul Godfrey prepares to step down after a dozen years in the newspaper publisher’s top ranks.
since he was named its founding CEO in 2010. After nearly a decade as chief executive, he became executive chairman in 2019, then became the non-executive chair of the company’s board at the end of 2020. That could include anything from advocacy with government to introducing new writers to Postmedia newspapers, he said. “I realize a lot of people are going to think this is a retirement. I’m not retiring,” he said.
Previously, Mr. Irving worked for two decades at Brunswick News, taking over as publisher of the Saint John Telegraph-Journal when he was just 27 years old. He was most recently vice-president at the company. His family is one of the wealthiest in Canada, known for its extensive industrial holdings in forestry, oil and shipbuilding.
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