Westport Fuel Systems has appointed Michele Buchignani to the company’s board.
The appointment of Buchignani, who was previously a member of Westport Fuel Systems Advisory board, increases the number of directors from nine to ten.
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“We are proud to have Ms Buchignani joining our Board given her extensive experience in law, finance, and strategy, as well as her past board involvement in governance, compensation and audit committees,” said board chairwoman, Brenda Eprile.
Buchignani was appointed a member of the Westport Fuel Systems Advisory Board last year and is currently McLean Drive Consulting CEO, a consulting firm and managing partner of McLane Drive Holdings, a US real estate holding company
Previously, Buchignani held executive positions including as a director with Teachers’ Private Capital, the private equity arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in Toronto from 2005 to 2009; managing director and head of the Private Equity Funds Group at CIBC Capital Partners in Toronto and New York from 1999 to 2003; and managing director and Canadian general counsel for CIBC World Markets from 1996 to 1999.
