CN chief commercial officer Doug MacDonald to retire, Remi Lalonde to succeed

Canadian National announced the appointment of Remi Lalonde as executive VP and chief commercial officer of CN effective April 24. Remi is succeeding Doug MacDonald who will retire from CN following a career of nearly 35 years. Since his arrival at CN in January, Remi has been embedded within CN’s operations, gaining first-hand experience with scheduled railroading and executing CN’s ‘Make the Plan, Run the Plan, Sell the Plan’ model. Following his introduction to operations, Remi has been meeting customers and working closely with the team to ensure a transition to the commercial side of the organization.