Charles Sirois
Charles Sirois
Overview
Born in Quebec, Charles Sirois is a leading figure in the Canadian communications industry. He is the founder and chair of Telesystem, a company that has been the driving force behind some of the country’s most compelling entrepreneurship success stories. Charles Sirois launched his business career in 1978, as the head of a family-run paging company. He quickly established himself as a leader in the Canadian paging industry through National Pagette and National Mobile Radiocommunications. In 1987, the two companies merged with Bell Cellular to form BCE Mobile Communications, of which Mr. Sirois was Chairman and CEO from 1988 to 1990. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Sirois was Chairman and CEO of Teleglobe.