West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFG)

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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

885 West Georgia Street
Suite 1500
Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8
Canada
604 895 2700
https://www.westfraser.com

Sector(s): Basic Materials
Industry: Lumber & Wood Production
Full-time employees: 11,000

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Raymond W. Ferris	Pres, CEO & Corp. Director	2.09M	N/A	1963
Mr. Christopher A. Virostek CA, CPA, HBBA	Sr. VP of Fin. & CFO	816.6k	N/A	1973
Mr. Sean P. McLaren	Chief Operating Officer	885.53k	N/A	N/A
Ms. Robin A. Lampard	Sr. Vice-Pres of Fin.	724.82k	N/A	N/A
Mr. Kevin John Burke	Sr. Vice-Pres of Wood Products	796.98k	N/A	N/A
Mr. Chuck H. Watkins	Vice-Pres of Capital & Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Robert B. Winslow C.F.A.	Director of Investor Relations & Corp. Devel.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Shannon D. Webber LL.B	VP & Gen. Counsel	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Matt Tobin	Vice-Pres of Sales & Marketing	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Alan Anthony Caputo	VP of HR	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2022, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified wood products company, engages in manufacturing, selling, marketing, and distributing lumber, engineered wood products, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and other residuals and renewable energy. It offers spruce-pine-fir and southern yellow pine lumber, treated wood products, medium density fiberboard panels and plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated veneer lumber wood products, as well as particleboards. The company also provides northern bleached softwood Kraft pulp and bleached chemical thermo-mechanical pulp used to produce various paper products, including printing and writing papers, paperboard products, tissue and towel products, and a variety of other paper grades. Its products are used in home construction, repair and remodeling, papers, tissue, and box materials, and industrial applications. The company sells its products to major retail chains, contractor supply yards, and wholesalers, as well as industrial customers for further processing or as components for other products in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and internationally. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Corporate governance

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 28 September 2023 is 4. The pillar scores are Audit: 6; Board: 6; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 4.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.