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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#046A38">Announcing Our New CEO, Nicole Hurtubise</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Tree Canada’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Hurtubise as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer, effective
May 16, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">With over 25 years of experience in the non-profit sector, Ms. Hurtubise has applied her passion for poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability,
and gender equality to produce meaningful change in Canada and internationally. Most recently as CEO of WaterAid Canada, she led that organization through transformational growth, broadening its geographic footprint and program impact, while fostering a high-performing
and cohesive organizational culture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Ms. Hurtubise has worked, lived, or traveled in over 40 countries for organizations such as CARE, the Canadian Red Cross, Oxfam, Save the Children, UNICEF, and
the World Food Programme. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#046A38">Bienvenue à notre nouvelle directrice générale, Nicole Hurtubise</span></strong><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Le conseil d’administration d’Arbres Canada a le plaisir d’annoncer la nomination de Nicole Hurtubise au poste de directrice générale de
l’organisation à compter du 16 mai 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Forte de plus de 25 ans d’expérience dans le secteur à but non lucratif, M<sup>me</sup> Hurtubise œuvre avec passion pour la réduction de
la pauvreté, la durabilité de l’environnement et l’égalité des genres afin de produire des changements significatifs au Canada et dans le monde. Au cours des dernières années, elle a été directrice générale de WaterAid Canada, une organisation dont elle a
mené la croissance transformationnelle en élargissant sa portée géographique et l’incidence de ses programmes tout en encourageant une culture organisationnelle axée sur la cohésion et un rendement élevé.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">M<sup>me</sup> Hurtubise a travaillé, vécu ou voyagé dans plus de 40 pays pour des organisations comme CARE, la Croix-Rouge canadienne, Oxfam, Save
the Children, l’UNICEF et le Programme alimentaire mondial. <br>
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