Rogers family’s two members to retire from telecom giant’s board

Rogers Communications said on Wednesday Deputy Chair Melinda Rogers-Hixon and Martha Rogers have decided to retire from the Canadian telecom giant’s board as part of a private settlement between the members of the founding family.

The wireless carrier was embroiled in a boardroom battle in 2021, weighing on the stock and raising doubts about the fate of a multibillion-dollar takeover of Shaw Communications.

Melinda Rogers-Hixon and Martha Rogers had voted to oust Edward Rogers as chairperson of the company after he tried to replace the then-CEO Joe Natale with his confidant and current CEO Tony Staffieri.