Working with the global business community is central to the success of the UPEI School of Business Administration. The Global Associates group was formed to help guide the UPEI School of Business to the forefront of business education and research, and to prepare students for success in the global economy.
The Global Associates group is comprised of 13 highly accomplished business leaders and academics from organizations and institutions throughout North America and Europe. The group will play a leadership role in the expansion of the School of Business Administration, and the new Centre of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. They will help UPEI to develop partnerships and collaborations with the global community; provide expert advice on changing demographics, corporate needs, and social trends that affect business education and research; and share insights on ways to assist students to build productive business careers, locally, nationally, and internationally.
Tim O'Neill, Founder and Principal of O’Neill Strategic Economics in Toronto and a leading economist advising the Ontario Ministry of Finance, has been selected as the first Chair of the Global Associates. O’Neill served as Executive Vice President and Chief Economist of the Bank of Montreal Financial Group from 1994 to 2005. He was the first Canadian economist to be elected to the board of the Washington-based National Association for Business Economics and served as its president from 2002 to 2003.
The Global Associates are:
Tim O'Neill, Chair
Founder and Principal, O'Neill Strategic Economics
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Crombie REIT
President, Synergy Partners International
Executive Partner and CEO, Grant Thornton International Ltd
President, Fortune Industries Ltd.
VP Marketing, IBM, Global Financial Services Sector
President, GlobalPOV
President of McNeil Nutritionals LLC, Johnson & Johnson Company
President and Chief Exectuive Officer, The Hain Celestial Group, Inc
Past Members:
Reginald Van Lee
Senior President and Managing Partner, Booz-Allen Hamilton
Gregory Woodson
President of Global Home Care, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Edmundo Vallejo
President and CEO, General Electric Money Inc.
Peter Wells
Global Head of Research and Development, Novartis Animal Health Inc.
Dr. Randolph Westerfield
University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department
