TELUS board appoints Marc Allera and Bill Thomas, Digi Mart USA News (Vancouver, BC): TELUS Corporation (TSX: T) (NYSE: TU) announced on November 6, 2026 that its Board of Directors has approved the appointments of Marc Allera and Bill Thomas to the Board, effective January 1, 2027.
According to the company, Marc Allera is a seasoned telecommunications executive with three decades of leadership experience spanning large-scale integrations, network investment, brand building and customer experience. Bill Thomas is described as a global leader in financial reporting, risk management and audit oversight.
John Manley, Chair of the TELUS Board, said the appointees bring the experience the Board needs as TELUS invests in its networks and sharpens its focus on customers and disciplined capital allocation. He noted Allera’s leadership of major consumer telecom businesses through fibre and 5G builds, and Thomas’s leadership of one of the world’s largest professional services firms.
Allera’s career includes more than three decades of executive leadership in global telecommunications and network operations. Based in London, he served as Chief Executive Officer of EE and as head of BT Group’s Consumer Division from 2016 to 2025, overseeing commercial strategy, customer retention and brand loyalty across nearly 30 million customers.
He previously held senior roles including CEO of EE, a joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom, and Chief Commercial Officer at Three UK. He currently serves as Chair of CVC’s Global Sport Group and Jagex – The RuneScape Company.
Thomas is the former Global Chair and CEO of KPMG International, which he led across more than 265,000 professionals in 143 countries and territories. Originally from Vancouver, he earned a Bachelor of Science at the University of British Columbia and began his KPMG career in the firm’s Vancouver office in 1990.
He previously served as Chair of KPMG’s Americas region from 2014 to 2017 and as CEO and Senior Partner of KPMG in Canada from 2009 to 2016. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bank of America.
TELUS describes itself as a leading Canadian communications technology company operating in more than 45 countries, with over $20 billion in annual revenue and more than 17 million customer connections. The company also said that since 2000, TELUS and its team members have contributed more than $1.85 billion in cash, in-kind contributions, time and programs to communities in Canada and around the world.
