Darren Entwistle


Darren Entwistle is a Canadian businessman. He is currently the president and chief executive officer of TELUS, a Canadian telecommunications company.

Early life

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Entwistle received a Bachelor of Economics from Concordia University, an MBA from the McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and a diploma in Network Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Career

Entwistle joined TELUS in 2000. Previously he was an executive at Cable & Wireless in the United Kingdom.. Under Entwistle, TELUS has evolved from a regional telephone company serving Western Canada into a national data and wireless business. The $6.6 billion purchase of Clearnet in 2000 was one of the biggest acquisitions in Canadian telecommunications history at that time. With the acquisition of Emergis in 2008, TELUS moved towards making digital patient information more accessible to patients and their providers which was a move that was embedded in TELUS’ Health Solutions division.

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