Vice-Chairman, Audit Committee, Corporate Governance Committee
Canadian national. Member of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 1, 2009 and member of the Audit Committee since June 2004. Member of the Corporate Governance Committee since May 2006. His term of office ends on the day of the 2010 General Meeting of Shareholders.
Thomas O'Neill (1945) graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Further credentials include the Chartered Accountant and FCA designations. In 2005, he was granted an honorary LL.D. by Queen's University, Kingston.
In 1967, Thomas O'Neill joined the audit staff of Price Waterhouse in Toronto, and became a partner of Price Waterhouse in 1978. From 1990 he held the position of Chief Operating Officer, and in 1996 was nominated Chief Executive Officer of Price Waterhouse, Canada. Assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer of the newly formed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Canada from 1998 to 2000, he also served as a member of PwC's Global Oversight Board, and moved on to the position of Chief Operating Officer of the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP global organisation in 2000. In January 2002, Thomas O'Neill took over the role of Chief Executive Officer of PwC Consulting (global), followed by his appointment to Chairman. He held this position until October 2002, when the business was acquired by IBM. Thomas O’Neill has been the member of the Board of BCE Inc., whereby in February 2009, he was elected Chairman. He left the Board of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in April 2007.
Other appointments: Loblaw Companies Ltd, Nexen Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia (all in Canada).
Not-for-profit commitments: member of the Board of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto and recently retired as Vice-Chairman of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.