Governance highlights

Read highlights about our ongoing commitment to corporate governance.
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Building on our commitment to good governance

At TELUS, we are committed to high standards in corporate governance and are constantly evolving our practices and pursuing transparency and integrity in everything we do. We believe that strong corporate governance is the foundation for accountability to our shareholders and we strive to be at the forefront of governance best practices.

Best practices

Our long-standing best practices provide a foundation for TELUS to effectively pursue corporate governance excellence. See some of those practices below.
  • Independent Board and committees
  • Board diversity policy
  • Majority voting policy
  • Clawback policy
  • Say-on-pay vote
  • Shareholder engagement policy
  • Separate independent Chair of the Board and CEO positions
  • Code of ethics and conduct and EthicsLine
  • Privacy management program framework
  • Enterprise risk governance and oversight
  • Board recruitment process and orientation programs
  • Mandatory continuing education sessions for the Board
  • Limit on interlocking boards and number of public board directorships
  • Board and committee succession planning
  • CEO succession planning
  • Board, committee and director evaluations
  • Director term limits
  • Share ownership guidelines for directors and executives
Details on the above practices are in the 
Board policy manual
 and also available on the 
Corporate Policies
 section.

Pursuit of excellence

In 2026, we continued to advance our leading governance practices

98%

in favour of the election of our directors at our 2026 meeting

100%

of the targets in our Board diversity policy were exceeded in 2025/6

92%

in favour of appointment of auditors Deloitte LLP

Some of the recent initiatives we pursued include:

  • In 2025, we continued to work with Egon Zehnder Inc. to assist us in conducting a comprehensive review of Board effectiveness. Components of this review included the completion of confidential surveys by Board members and key members of the senior management team, interviews with Committee Chairs, and Board member self-assessments.
  • In 2026, we concluded the CEO succession planning process with the appointment of Victor Dodig as President & CEO.
  • In February 2025, the Board adopted the TELUS AI Policy, which formalizes the existing rules, processes and governance measures developed under TELUS’ Responsible AI Framework. The Board continues to consider the AI Policy in practice including enhancing the Board’s AI literacy through additional educational opportunities. The Corporate Governance Committee receives a Data and Trust and AI Report each quarter.
  • The Corporate Governance Committee reviewed and monitored, on behalf of the Board, TELUS’ overall approach, planning and reporting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability matters, while the Audit Committee reviewed and approved metrics regarding climate-related risks, sustainability and environmental disclosure in financial reporting.
  • The Board and the Audit Committee considered the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI) throughout the year. The TELUS AI Policy was reviewed by the Corporate Governance Committee and adopted by the Board in February 2025. Cybersecurity was considered by the Audit Committee or the full Board every quarter.
For a full statement of TELUS corporate governance practices, please refer to the
Statement of TELUS’ corporate governance practices
 in TELUS’ 2026 Information circular.