Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 9, 2004
RICHARD E. GAETZ is President and Chief Executive Officer, Vitran
Corporation. Mr. Gaetz has been working in the transportation and
logistics industry for more than 24 years. He has been actively involved
with the growth and development of Vitran since he joined in 1989 as
President & COO. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Vitran in
1995 and in 2002, he was appointed President and Chief Executive
Officer. Mr. Gaetz has extensive experience on both sides of the border.
Mr. Gaetz received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie
University in Halifax in 1979 and attended the MBA program at Western
Washington University. He is a Director of the Ontario Trucking
Association and the Canadian Trucking Alliance. Profile
segments.
Mr. Gaetz: Vitran has been a public company since 1987. It had three
founding shareholders who owned a near
