PROFILE By Jane Mundy Petite powerhouse Weyerhaeuser president and general counsel Anne Giardini
Anne Giardini has long held a duel role with Weyerhaeuser Co. Ltd. And in October the vice president and general counsel ascended to position of president of the Canadian forestry giant. Duel roles are nothing new to the law-
yer and novelist, who was set to launch her second non-fiction work in March. While her business card may say presi- dent, general counsel is still very much part of her daily duties. This petite powerhouse likes work-
ing in foresty, an industry which is still male dominated. The five-foot, barely 100-pound Giardini says she is addicted to the pace at Weyerhaeuser and starts to twitch if there aren't a million things to do. Aside from her duel roles, Giardini
is a volunteer with the YWCA's Women of Distinction Awards, a journalist, and mother of three. By the looks of things, she won't be
twitching anytime soon. At 9 a.m. on the day we meet in the president's cubicle at Weyerhaeuser, Giardini is already halfway through the morning. She clutches her BlackBerry, anticipating another multi- tasking day. A friend may call because she needs Giardini to help get her car towed; her daughter has a broken leg and needs her attention; and Insurance Corp.
Forestry is the backbone of our economy. I adore going to operating facilities. Not only that, they are the life blood of the company, we exist to make sure those operations run successfully.
ANNE GIARDINI, Weyerhaeuser Co. Ltd.
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