Canfor Announces Transition; Yurkovich Becomes CEO

John Baird, Chairman of the Canfor Corp. Board of Directors, announced today that Don Kayne, President and Chief Executive Officer, plans to retire at the end of the year. Susan Yurkovich has been announced as the Canfor’s next CEO. Currently serving as Canfor’s Senior Vice President of Global Business Development, Yurkovich brings three decades of experience working in the natural resources sector to the role, 12 of those years with Canfor. She has served in executive roles in both forestry and energy including as President and CEO of the BC Council of Forest Industries and Executive Vice President at BC Hydro.