Garneau Appointed to AbitibiBowater Board of Directors

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AbitibiBowater, Montreal, Que., Canada, has announced the appointment of Richard Garneau to its board of directors. The company also announced the departure of Anthony F. Griffiths as a member of the board.

Garneau most recently served as president and CEO of Catalyst Paper from March 2007 to May 2010. Prior to his tenure at Catalyst, he was senior VP for the Forest Products Group of Domtar before assuming the role of executive VP, Operations for the overall company. He also held a variety of roles at Norampac, Copernic.com, Future Electronics, St. Laurent Paperboard, Finlay Forest Industries, and Donohue Inc.

Griffiths has been a member of the AbitibiBowater Board since April 15, 2008, having joined as a result of Fairfax Financial Holdings exercising its right to appoint two directors to the board, pursuant to the terms of a purchase agreement of Fairfax's private placement, announced on March 24, 2008.