Independent Non-Executive Director


Appointed to the Board in March 2025, Rima is a member of the Audit & Risk, Nominations and Responsible Business Committees.
Rima has a wealth of operational, strategic and telecommunications industry experience. She is currently Non-Executive Director of MasterCard and Loblaw Companies Limited. From 2017 to 2024, Rima was Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President of Verizon Communications. Prior to that she gained extensive experience at Ericsson, with a career spanning over 20 years, including in the latter years as President & Chief Executive of Ericsson North America. Rima was also previously Deputy Chair of GSMA between 2020 and 2022 and board member between 2017 and 2024, a Non- Executive Director of Great West Life and Wolters Kluwer, a Non-Executive Director of the Verizon Foundation between 2017 and 2024, and a Member of the Faculty Advisory Board at McGill University between 2018 and 2024.
Extensive operational, strategic and telecommunications industry expertise gained over 30 years.
Non-Executive Director of MasterCard and Loblaw Companies Limited.