About

P. Thomas Jenkins is Chair of the Board of OpenText, a role he returned to on April 20, 2026 after serving as Executive Chair and Chief Strategy Officer during the leadership transition. He was President and then Chief Executive Officer of OpenText from 1994 to 2005 and Chief Strategy Officer from 2005 to 2013, and has served as a director since 1994 and Chairman since 1998. He has served on the boards of Manulife Financial, Thomson Reuters and TransAlta, was the tenth Chancellor of the University of Waterloo, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Roles

Open Text Corporation
Chair of the Board · Current role
1994–present
OpenText
Chief Executive Officer, then Chief Strategy Officer · President and CEO 1994-2005, CSO 2005-2013
1994-2013

External Roles

Manulife Financial Corporation
Board member
Thomson Reuters Inc.
Board member
TransAlta Corporation
Board member

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