Michael D. Garcia


Director since 2020
Term expires in 2029

Committee memberships:
• Audit
• Nominating and Governance

Summary: Mr. Garcia brings to our Board extensive operational leadership in heavy industrial industries.

Mr. Garcia was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Algoma Steel Group Inc., from June 2022 until his retirement in December 2025.

Mr. Garcia was President of the Pulp and Paper Division of Domtar Corporation from April 2014 to January 2021.

Prior to joining Domtar, Mr. Garcia was the Chief Executive Officer at EVRAZ Highveld Steel & Vanadium Co., in South Africa.

Mr. Garcia has more than 25 years of international management experience in paper, steel, and aluminum manufacturing and marketing.

Mr. Garcia has served on the Board of Directors of Canfor Corporation, an integrated forest products company with shares traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, since 2026.

Skills and qualifications: strategic leadership; financial acumen/literacy; operations; customer perspective; public policy and regulatory; human capital management; risk management; technology systems; environmental and safety.

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