VANCOUVER, BC — Canfor Corporation's board of directors announced that Don Kayne, president and CEO, plans to retire at the end of the year.   

Kayne has been with Canfor for 46 years and has been president and CEO since 2011. Under his leadership, the company has grown and transformed from its British Columbia roots into a global entity with operations in Alberta, the United States, and Sweden. As an industry leader, he has been a constant champion for the forest products sector, serving in a variety of industry roles including chair of the Forest Products Association of Canada, the BC Council of Forest Industries and the Bi-national Softwood Lumber Board.
 
Canfor also announced the appointment of Susan Yurkovich as the company’s next chief executive officer. Currently serving as Canfor’s senior vice president of Global Business Development, Yurkovich brings three decades of experience working in the natural resources sector to the role, twelve of those years with Canfor. She has served in executive roles in the forestry and energy including as president and CEO of the BC Council of Forest Industries and executive vice president at BC Hydro.
  
“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Don for his 
extraordinary contributions and commitment over many decades at Canfor,” said Baird.  “As we transition to new leadership under Susan, I am confident we will continue to build on our global operating platform, while advancing new opportunities to innovate and expand our product offerings.”
 
Yurkovich’s appointment as CEO will take effect January 1, 2025. Kayne will continue in an advisory capacity through 2025.