Isabelle Marcoux named vice-chair of Transcontinental

The gradual generational transfer of power at Transcontinental Inc., Canada's largest consumer magazine publisher, proceeds apace with the appointment of Isabelle Marcoux to the position of vice-chair of the company's board. It was announced in an ad in the Globe and Mail today.

The daughter of founder and chair Remi Marcoux, Ms Marcoux, who is a lawyer, had been vice-president, corporate development, responsible for merger and acquisition activity of the company. (Her brother, Pierre, is vice-president for business publications of Transcontinental Media G.P.)

While the majority of Transcon's business is printing, it owns some of Canada's best-known magazines such as Canadian Living, Homemaker's, Canadian Gardening, Outdoor Canada, the Hockey News and, now, More magazine's Canadian edition.