Tom O'Neill, C.A.
Former CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1998 to 2001 (GTA)

Born in Montréal, Tom O'Neill joined the audit staff of Price Waterhouse upon graduation from Queen's University in 1967. He received his CA designation in 1970, was appointed supervisor in 1972, and manager in 1974. He was admitted to the partnership in 1978, and for the next several years was client service partner for large multi-national companies, specializing in those publicly listed in Canada and the U.S.

Mr. O'Neill was named Managing Partner for the Canadian Management Consulting practice in 1988, then Managing Partner for Price Waterhouse in 1990. He oversaw the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand in 1998 and assumed the position of CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Canada. He was named COO of the PwC global organization in 2000, and CEO of PwC Consulting in 2002.

Mr. O'Neill lectured on Political Economics at the University of Toronto and has been actively involved in a number of associations, including various committees at both the Canadian and Ontario Institutes of Chartered Accountants.

He served as a member of the Business Council on National Issues, the Advisory Council of the Queen's University School of Business, Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of Queen's University, and Past President and Director of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. He has sat on the board of directors for Adecco,SA, BCE Inc., Loblaw Companies Ltd., Dofasco Inc., Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, Nexen Inc., and St. Michael's Hospital.